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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the owner of the apartment building tell Michael?
(a) Hanna is in jail.
(b) Hanna has died.
(c) Hanna has moved out.
(d) Hanna is in the hospital.

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

3. What is the first story Michael reads to Hanna?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) Intrigues and Love.
(c) Emilia Galotti.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

4. What is the narrator carrying to give to Frau Schmitz in Chapter 3?
(a) A box of chocolates.
(b) A book.
(c) A letter.
(d) A bunch of flowers.

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

6. What does Frau Schmitz do for a living?
(a) Frau Schmitz is a nurse.
(b) Frau Schmitz is a lawyer.
(c) Frau Schmitz is a streetcar conductor.
(d) Frau Schmitz is a factory worker.

7. 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 was never present at the selections, and Hanna turns to look at Michael.
(b) The survivor remembers that Hanna had the prisoners read aloud to her, and Hanna begins to cry.
(c) The survivor remembers Hanna was never present at the selections, and Hanna begins to cry.
(d) The survivor remembers that Hanna had the prisoners read aloud to her, and Hanna turns to look at Michael.

8. At what age did Hanna join the army?
(a) 21.
(b) 25.
(c) 18.
(d) 30.

9. What happens to Michael and Sophie in Chapter 15?
(a) They are in a car accident.
(b) They are caught in a thunderstorm.
(c) They are expelled from school.
(d) They are caught cheating.

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

11. What does Michael plan to do while the trials are in another location?
(a) He plans to spend time with Sophie.
(b) He plans to go along with the rest of the court.
(c) He plans to devote the time to his studies.
(d) He plans to spend time with his family.

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

13. Where do the trials take place?
(a) In Berlin, Germany.
(b) In Poland.
(c) In another town, five hours away.
(d) In another town, an hour away.

14. In what month do the relocated trials take place?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) April.

15. During what month does the narrator get ill on the street?
(a) October.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the narrator's first memories of childhood?

2. What is the girl's name who sits next to Michael in their class?

3. What does Michael leave for Hanna when they are in Amorbach?

4. On what street does the narrator live?

5. What does Michael shout out in his sleep, according to his brother?

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