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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Michael's professor who gives the concentration camp seminar?
(a) He convinces Michael to divorce.
(b) He becomes ill.
(c) He finds new evidence for Hanna's trial.
(d) He dies.

2. In the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 7, what does Michael say he had never thought about at the time?
(a) Hanna's release.
(b) Hanna's death.
(c) His own path in life.
(d) His parent's deaths.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 14, who says "executioners don't hate the people they execute, and they execute them all the same"?
(a) The driver to Schirmeck.
(b) Michael's father.
(c) Hanna.
(d) The conductor on the train to Alsace.

4. To whom does Michael give Hanna's money?
(a) He keeps it for himself.
(b) He donates it to the prison where Hanna was kept.
(c) The Jewish League Against Illiteracy.
(d) His daughter.

5. What time of year is it in Chapter 3, Part 3?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

6. In Part 3, Chapter 4, what does Michael deem "the most grotesque oversimplification of all"?
(a) Judging.
(b) Becoming a doctor.
(c) Prosecuting.
(d) Defending.

7. What does Michael learn after a phone call at the end of Part 3, Chapter 7?
(a) Hanna will be released the next day.
(b) Hanna will be released in one week.
(c) Hanna will be executed.
(d) Hanna will remain in prison.

8. What is Michael's daughter's name?
(a) Julia.
(b) Anna.
(c) Hanna.
(d) Sophie.

9. What sentences did the other defendants receive?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) Execution.
(c) Terms in jail.
(d) They are acquitted of all charges.

10. What does Michael ask himself, sometimes, after Hanna's death?
(a) If he could have reduced her sentence.
(b) If she deserved it.
(c) If he loved her enough.
(d) If he was responsible.

11. What does Michael say about his exchange with Hanna?
(a) It is comfortable and familiar, and he is falling in love again.
(b) It is comfortable and familiar, but also selfish of him.
(c) It is strained and awkward.
(d) It is difficult to understand what she meant.

12. How much time passes before Michael receives a note from Hanna?
(a) One year.
(b) Five years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Ten years.

13. According to Michael in Chapter 1 of Part 3, what type of love are we not responsible for?
(a) The love of a woman.
(b) The love of life.
(c) The love of our siblings.
(d) The love of our parents.

14. How does Hanna address Michael?
(a) "Kid."
(b) "Mr. Berg."
(c) "Michael."
(d) "My love."

15. What does the daughter want Michael to do with the money?
(a) Deposit the money in her account.
(b) Find a Jewish illiteracy fund, and donate it.
(c) Give it to her children.
(d) Keep it for himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel does Michael reread at the end of Part 3, Chapter 4?

2. What must Michael decide after his last state exam?

3. How much money does Hanna leave for Michael to handle?

4. Where does Michael go at the end of Part 3, Chapter 12?

5. What is Michael doing when he gets married?

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