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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Michael feel he "betrays" Hanna?
(a) By not telling anyone about her.
(b) By telling his family about her.
(c) By lying to her.
(d) By telling his friends about her.

2. What, at first, does Michael decide to be Hanna's motive?
(a) Fear of exposure as a criminal.
(b) Fear of exposure as an illiterate.
(c) Fear of exposure as a liar.
(d) Fear of exposure as a killer.

3. What is unusual about Michael's father's relationship with his children?
(a) He will only speak to one child at a time.
(b) He refuses to speak with them.
(c) He requires them to make appointments to speak with him.
(d) He never speaks to his children at home.

4. Where does Michael see Hanna again, in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) A courtroom.
(b) A classroom.
(c) A mental institution.
(d) A hospital.

5. When is the indictment read?
(a) After a month of trials.
(b) During the second week of the trial.
(c) During the first week of the trial.
(d) During the third week of the trial.

6. What excuse does the narrator give for being late to dinner with his family?
(a) He lost his way and had to walk home from Nussloch.
(b) He met a woman.
(c) He had to study after school.
(d) He forgot where Blumenstrasse was.

7. How does the narrator describe the feeling he gets from his father regarding their family?
(a) He feels they are cherished by his father.
(b) He feels they are like friends to his father, rather than family.
(c) He feels they are like burdens to his father.
(d) He feels they are like pets to his father.

8. In Chapter 13, what book is the class translating?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) The Iliad.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

9. What does the man in charge of the streetcar company tell Michael?
(a) That Hanna never worked for him.
(b) That Hanna had asked for a promotion.
(c) That Hanna never picked up her last check.
(d) That Hanna told him she would not be coming back to work.

10. What happens to the narrator after he takes a bath?
(a) Frau Schmitz throws him out on the street.
(b) Frau Schmitz sees him, naked, and becomes embarrassed.
(c) He gets dressed and leaves without a word.
(d) Frau Schmitz approaches him and they make love.

11. What does the narrator say about the night after he took the bath in Frau Schmitz's apartment?
(a) He fell in love with Frau Schmitz.
(b) He thinks Frau Schmitz is too old for him.
(c) He never wants to see Frau Schmitz again.
(d) He thinks Frau Schmitz might dislike him.

12. What does the survivor finally remember during the trial, and what does Hanna do after the survivor tells the court this?
(a) The survivor remembers that Hanna had the prisoners read aloud to her, and Hanna begins to cry.
(b) The survivor remembers Hanna was never present at the selections, and Hanna begins to cry.
(c) The survivor remembers that Hanna had the prisoners read aloud to her, and Hanna turns to look at Michael.
(d) The survivor remembers that Hanna was never present at the selections, and Hanna turns to look at Michael.

13. What causes Hanna to say she wrote the report?
(a) The prosecutor identifies her as being the only one available.
(b) The prosecutor wants to call the survivors as witnesses.
(c) The prosecutor makes her admit it.
(d) The prosectuor wants to administer a handwriting test.

14. In Chapter 16, what type of film does Michael mention he and Hanna particularly like?
(a) A movie based on a Shakespeare play.
(b) A romantic comedy.
(c) A Hollywood Western.
(d) A German war film.

15. What illness does the narrator suffer from in Chapter 1?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Liver disease.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street is the building the narrator talks about in Chapter 2?

2. What does Michael steal for Hanna while at the department store with his sister?

3. In Chapter 14, what animal does Michael tell Hanna she looks like?

4. What do Hanna and Michael do for his Easter vacation?

5. In Chapter 15, what does Sophie ask Michael?

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