2. Where does Immers live?
(a) In an apartment where Trudi's family lives.
(b) In a retirement home.
(c) In an apartment where Hanna's family lives.
(d) In a house above the butcher shop.

3. What is the pastor forced into this action?
(a) The pastor was worried his sister would get hurt.
(b) Due to his inappropriate relationship with Hannelore.
(c) The man stole some things from the church school.
(d) The man's mother was ill and needed medical care.

4. What was Anton Immers' occupation?
(a) Baker.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Custodian.

5. What does Manfred's father know he will do?
(a) Shoot his wife.
(b) Offer to remove the noose.
(c) Shoot himself.
(d) Thrown Manfred out the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Manfred Weiler's family live?

2. How does the person being criticized respond?

3. What does Manfred's father ask his wife when he returns from a bar after holding Manfred out the window?

4. What do people say about what Immers does after the incident?

5. Where does Immers spend most of his time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Manfred's father endanger Manfred?

2. Who is Hannelore Beier?

3. Why does Hannelore leave her brother's home?

4. How old was Hanna when her mother died and how did her mother die?

5. How and why does Anton cull his violets?

6. What is the effect of the painter's actions on Anton and what do the townspeople say about it?

7. Who is Veronika and why does she eat all the pastries that Hanna's mother serves?

8. Why does a painter paint over Anton's bedroom window?

9. What upsets Hanna about her father after her mother died and where does she go to get away from the situation?

10. What did Rolf tell Hanna not to do?

(see the answer keys)

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