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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As described in Part 2, Chapter 11, what does Michael feel he should do regarding his epiphany about Hanna?
(a) Go to the judge and testify against Hanna.
(b) Go to the judge to tell him Hanna is innocent.
(c) Become a witness in the trial.
(d) To go to the judge to tell him Hanna is illiterate and could not have written the report.

2. What is the girl's name who sits next to Michael in their class?
(a) Marie.
(b) Anna.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Heidi.

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

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

5. What lie does Hanna tell to Michael in Chapter 11?
(a) She tells him she never saw a note.
(b) She tells him she does not work as a streetcar conductor.
(c) She tells him she cannot read.
(d) She tells him she doesn't love him.

6. To whom does Michael try to talk about his feelings regarding his epiphany about Hanna with?
(a) His family.
(b) The judge.
(c) His friends.
(d) Sophie.

7. 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.

8. What does Michael steal for Hanna while at the department store with his sister?
(a) A silk scarf.
(b) A pair of stockings.
(c) A silk nightgown.
(d) A sweater.

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

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

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

12. What do the other defendants claim after Hanna's admission?
(a) That Hanna had lied to the court.
(b) That Hanna had remained with the prisoners.
(c) That Hanna was never present at the bombing.
(d) That Hanna became their commander.

13. What is the narrator doing in the dream he describes in Chapter 2?
(a) Driving a car.
(b) Riding a train.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Watching a movie.

14. What does the narrator do when Frau Schmitz catches him staring at her in Chapter 4?
(a) He apologizes.
(b) He makes an excuse.
(c) He pretends nothing happened.
(d) He flees the apartment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name is one of the guards known in the survivor's book?

2. What does the man in charge of the streetcar company tell Michael?

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

4. At the end of Chapter 16, who does Michael see during one afternoon at the pool?

5. When is the indictment read?

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