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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Matthias not pursue the course of training he had started?
(a) He realized he did not have the mathematical aptitude.
(b) It did not suit him.
(c) He discovered he like dentistry better.
(d) He became ill.

2. What does the mother ask about the baby?
(a) If the baby is ready to come out.
(b) If the baby is too premature.
(c) If it is going to be a girl.
(d) If she should be concerned.

3. What does Siegfried begin doing in the evenings?
(a) Courting a woman down the street.
(b) Getting drunk.
(c) Researching dreams in the library.
(d) Walking his dogs.

4. What do the doctors ask Hanna's father?
(a) To commit Hanna's mother to the hospital for therapy.
(b) To take the baby from his wife.
(c) To make Hanna go to school.
(d) To make sure his wife does not harm their new son.

5. What month of pregnancy is the narrator's mother entering?
(a) 5th.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 10th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oma ask to go to the hospital?

2. What does the mother trust over the next three days?

3. Who does the mother intend to help with her giving birth?

4. How does Hanna's father meet Hanna's mother?

5. What is different about this dream than his usual ones?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Hanna befriend?

2. What does Matthias tell Hanna about his life as a priest in training?

3. How did Trudi's mother dropping her supposedly affect her?

4. What happens when Hanna's baby brother is born?

5. Who is Siegfried Tegern and what does he dream?

6. Describe Hanna's father.

7. What does Trudi call Hanna's father's actions concerning his marriage and what does Hanna think about that?

8. How does Siegfried ultimately die?

9. What is the problem with the narrator's mother in White Lilacs and what does she do?

10. Describe Trudi Montag.

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