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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Michael decide to do after Hanna's death?
(a) Become a successful lawyer.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Write the story of Hanna and him.
(d) Go back to Gertrud.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is Michael paying attention to during his discussion in Part 2, Chapter 16?
(a) The trains.
(b) The noises in the parking lot.
(c) The trial.
(d) The noises from the carpenters outside.

10. When does Michael go to the prison for the first time?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

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

12. What does Michael notice about the note, upon first glance?
(a) The perfumed paper.
(b) The bright pink letters.
(c) The childish handwriting.
(d) The carelessness with which it was written.

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

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

15. What does Michael never do on the recordings?
(a) Name the title of a book.
(b) Read in French.
(c) Read in English.
(d) Make personal comments or address anyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Michael go to see in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 16?

2. What does the daughter want to keep?

3. What is Michael doing when he gets married?

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

5. At the end of Part 3, Chapter 1, to what does Michael equate his love for Hanna?

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