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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom does Michael receive a letter in Chapter 7?
(a) The prison warden.
(b) His father.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His old professor.

2. What novel does Michael reread at the end of Part 3, Chapter 4?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Crime and Punishment.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) War and Peace.

3. Where does Michael send the tapes and recorder?
(a) To Hanna in prison.
(b) To his parents.
(c) To Sophie in the hospital.
(d) To Gertrud.

4. After visiting Hanna, what is the following week like for Michael?
(a) Very peaceful.
(b) Very lonely.
(c) Very sad.
(d) Very busy.

5. What does Michael discover amongst Hanna's newspaper clippings?
(a) A picture of Jewish prisoners.
(b) A picture of his daughter.
(c) A picture of himself at graduation.
(d) A picture of he and Hanna.

6. What is Hanna's sentence?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) She is acquitted of all charges.
(c) Execution.
(d) 25 years in prison.

7. What does Michael feel upon reading the note?
(a) Supreme anger.
(b) Joy and jubilation.
(c) Heartsickness.
(d) Profound sadness.

8. What does Michael do after his exams, something he has not done in a long while?
(a) Visits his parents.
(b) Takes a streetcar.
(c) Writes a letter.
(d) Visits his daughter.

9. What does Michael believe the person from the cemetery will ask him about the trial?
(a) What was going on between him and the defendant, Hanna.
(b) Why he never came to hear the verdict.
(c) Why he was never late.
(d) Why he seemed so distant during the trials.

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

11. What has Michael noticed about Hanna's voice at the end of Part 3, Chapter 9?
(a) It sounds like music.
(b) It has stayed young.
(c) She is barely audible.
(d) It is harsh and ragged.

12. In Part 3, Chapter 1, where does Michael move during the summer after the trial?
(a) Into the hospital.
(b) France.
(c) Into a rented room.
(d) Into his parents house.

13. How does Michael feel at the end of Part 2, Chapter 16?
(a) Proud.
(b) Numb.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

14. How old is Michael's daughter when he and his wife divorce?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

15. What does Michael's companion tell him about on the way to their destination in Part 2, Chapter 14?
(a) A letter.
(b) An old girlfriend.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A metal tin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Michael eventually take?

2. What does Michael learn after a phone call at the end of Part 3, Chapter 7?

3. What is Hanna wearing for the sentencing?

4. When does Michael say "all this happened"?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 16, what does Michael tell himself he has to do regarding the trial?

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