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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week does Michael have a break from the trials and his studies?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

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

3. 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 will only speak to one child at a time.
(c) He refuses to speak with them.
(d) He never speaks to his children at home.

4. What does Michael leave for Hanna when they are in Amorbach?
(a) A book.
(b) A note telling her he can no longer see her.
(c) A note that says he will return shortly with breakfast.
(d) A flower.

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

6. How does the narrator describe being ill in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) An enchanted interlude.
(b) A lucky break.
(c) A depressing time.
(d) The worst time in life.

7. What happens to Sophie?
(a) She is sent to a mental asylum.
(b) She is sent to boarding school.
(c) She is diagnosed with cancer.
(d) She is diagnosed with tuberculosis.

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

9. What is the cause of the first fight between Hanna and Michael?
(a) She tells him she cannot see him again.
(b) His family forbids him to talk to her.
(c) He boards the streetcar, and Hanna doesn't come to the car he's sitting in.
(d) He misses the streetcar stop where he is supposed to meet Hanna.

10. What does Michael wear?
(a) Well-cut suits handed down from a rich uncle.
(b) A school uniform.
(c) Jeans and button-down shirts.
(d) A workman's uniform.

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

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

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

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

15. 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 cherished by his father.
(d) He feels they are like burdens to his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's name, and how old does Hanna think he is?

2. How long does the narrator wait before going back to Frau Schmitz's apartment?

3. What is the first article of clothing Frau Schmitz puts on to get ready to leave the apartment in Chapter 4?

4. According to the daughter, how could the prisoners have saved themselves?

5. During what month does the narrator get ill on the street?

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