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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 13, the trials move to a new location. Where does the trial take place?
(a) Poland.
(b) France.
(c) Israel.
(d) London.

2. By what name is one of the guards known in the survivor's book?
(a) "Mare"
(b) "Horse"
(c) "Toad"
(d) "Maria"

3. How old is Hanna, and when did she join the SS, as described in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) She is now 45, she joined the SS when she was 30.
(b) She is now 41, she joined the SS when she was 21.
(c) She is now 50, she joined the SS when she was 21.
(d) She is now 43, she joined the SS when she was 21.

4. On what street does the narrator live?
(a) Schillerstrasse.
(b) Einbahnstrasse.
(c) Bahnhofstrasse.
(d) Blumenstrasse.

5. What is one of the narrator's first memories of childhood?
(a) Being washed and dressed by his mother in front of the stove.
(b) Being read to by his father.
(c) Being walked to school by his mother every day.
(d) Being hurt and neglected.

6. How old is Hanna?
(a) 38.
(b) 36.
(c) 29.
(d) 32.

7. Where is Hanna from?
(a) A German community in Belgium.
(b) A German community in France.
(c) A German community in Poland.
(d) A German community in Rumania.

8. What is the narrator's name, and how old does Hanna think he is?
(a) His name is Michael Berg, and she thinks he is 17.
(b) His name is Michael Bern, and she thinks he is 15.
(c) His name is Michael Berg, and she thinks he is 19.
(d) His name is Michael Bern, and she thinks he is 17.

9. What color is Frau Schmitz's hair?
(a) Ash-blond.
(b) Black.
(c) Dark brown.
(d) Red.

10. What is Frau Schmitz's first name?
(a) Sara.
(b) Hanna.
(c) Heidi.
(d) Anna.

11. Which defendant is Hanna, out of how many?
(a) Hanna is the fourth of five defendants.
(b) Hanna is the first of three defendants.
(c) Hanna is the fourth of eight defendants.
(d) Hanna is the second of four defendants.

12. What is the main piece of evidence in the trial?
(a) The survivor's letters.
(b) The survivor's book.
(c) The survivor's poem.
(d) The survivor's locket.

13. How does the narrator describe the feeling he gets from his father regarding their family?
(a) He feels they are like pets to 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 cherished by his father.

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

15. What does Hanna do to Michael when he returns to their hotel room in Chapter 11?
(a) She hits him with a leather belt.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) She kicks him.
(d) She leaves him at the hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Michael try to talk about his feelings regarding his epiphany about Hanna with?

2. What causes Hanna to say she wrote the report?

3. What floor in the apartment building is the narrator directed to go in the beginning of Chapter 3?

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

5. What does Michael learn from the citizens' registration office?

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