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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What invitation does Michael accept during Christmas vacation?
(a) An invitation to study at a prestigious university.
(b) An invitation to America.
(c) An invitation on a ski trip with other students.
(d) An invitation to stay with Hanna's relatives.

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

3. Where does Michael go in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 14?
(a) He goes to visit Sophie.
(b) He goes to Auschwitz, a former concentration camp.
(c) He goes to visit his parents childhood home.
(d) He goes to Struthof, a former concentration camp.

4. What can the dead do, according to Hanna?
(a) They can be happy.
(b) They can understand.
(c) They can be at peace.
(d) They can torment you.

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

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

7. What does Michael notice about Hanna's subsequent notes?
(a) She writes him love letters.
(b) She writes him angry letters.
(c) The handwriting stays the same.
(d) The handwriting changes.

8. 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.

9. What does Michael say that illiteracy is?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Anger.
(c) Dependence.
(d) Love.

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

11. According to the prison warden, once Hanna learned to read, what did she request?
(a) Literature on concentration camps.
(b) Plays by Shakespeare.
(c) Greek classics.
(d) Books about law.

12. As of Part 3, Chapter 7, how long has Hanna been in prison?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 14 years.
(d) 10 years.

13. At the end of Part 3, Chapter 1, to what does Michael equate his love for Hanna?
(a) The fate of his generation.
(b) The fate of his life.
(c) The fate of death.
(d) The fate of life in prison.

14. In Part 2, Chapter 16, what does Michael tell himself he has to do regarding the trial?
(a) Prevent his father from dying.
(b) Prevent Hanna from going to jail.
(c) Prevent a miscarriage of justice.
(d) Prevent himself from failing law school.

15. What is Michael doing when he gets married?
(a) Working as a clerk.
(b) Working for his professor.
(c) Working as a hospital orderly.
(d) Working for his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Michael notices about Hanna when he sees her in Part 3, Chapter 8?

2. What is Hanna's sentence?

3. How old is Michael's daughter when he and his wife divorce?

4. What is Michael paying attention to during his discussion in Part 2, Chapter 16?

5. What does Michael record, at first?

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