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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. What does Hanna do one day when she wants away from her father's new girlfriend?
(a) Goes to the old quarry to swim.
(b) Goes to the river to swim.
(c) Goes to the vacant grist mill.
(d) Goes to the library.

2. How does Hanna ignore what Rolf asks of her?
(a) She plays another joke on his mother.
(b) She invites Hans to a party.
(c) She talks with his mother, following her throughout the house.
(d) She gives all the puppies away.

3. How does Hanna think she might get to town one day when she is at the river?
(a) Being towed behind a barge.
(b) Riding behind her older cousin's motorcycle.
(c) Swimming along the bank and taking breaks now and again.
(d) Riding in a friend's rowboat.

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

5. From what does Veronika think she is invulnerable?
(a) The poison.
(b) The principal's ire.
(c) The students' rebelling.
(d) Hanna's mother's censure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What upsets Hanna about six months after her mother dies?

2. About what does Hanna think when she gets back to shore?

3. What does Hannelore do as a result of her brother's action?

4. What does Hanna decide to do where she goes?

5. Where does Immers spend most of his time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Manfred's father end up dead?

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

3. How does Hanna describe Hannelore's personality?

4. What does Manfred's father do with the money and then what does he ask his wife when he returns home?

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

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

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

8. Who is Anton Immers?

9. From where does Hans-Jurgen escape and who decides to search for him?

10. How does Rolf learn about his father?

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