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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Frau Schmitz doing when she lets the narrator into the apartment?
(a) Ironing.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Doing dishes.
(d) Cooking.

4. In Chapter 16, what does Hanna want to do instead of reading?
(a) She wants to go to a fancy dinner.
(b) She wants to go to the movies.
(c) She wants to ride bicylces.
(d) She wants to bathe Michael.

5. 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 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 had the prisoners read aloud to her, and Hanna begins to cry.

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

7. 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.

8. In Chapter 15, what does Sophie ask Michael?
(a) If he is still ill, and if that is the reason why he comes and goes as he pleases.
(b) If he is in love with her.
(c) If he is lying to her about where he is.
(d) If he would like to have a relationship with her.

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

10. How old is the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Sixteen.

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

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

13. While wandering in the woods, what is Michael's epiphany?
(a) That Hanna was never in love with him.
(b) That Hanna could not read or write.
(c) That Hanna had killed Jews.
(d) That Hanna could not speak English.

14. What does Michael feel upon seeing Hanna again?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Love.
(d) Guilt.

15. What does Michael shout out in his sleep, according to his brother?
(a) Quotes from a play.
(b) Cries of pain.
(c) Sophie's name.
(d) Hanna's name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael plan to do while the trials are in another location?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 13, the trials move to a new location. Where does the trial take place?

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

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

5. Where do the trials take place?

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