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The Reader Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Hanna?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 36.
(d) 38.

2. What is the first article of clothing Frau Schmitz puts on to get ready to leave the apartment in Chapter 4?
(a) Blouse.
(b) Stockings.
(c) Smock.
(d) Coat.

3. What does Hanna not want to acknowledge that she had previously admitted to the court?
(a) That she had a key to the hospital.
(b) That she had a key to the church.
(c) That she had no knowledge of prisoners in the church.
(d) That she had no knowledge of prisoners in the hospital.

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

5. What is one of the narrator's first memories of childhood?
(a) Being washed and dressed by his mother in front of the stove.
(b) Being walked to school by his mother every day.
(c) Being read to by his father.
(d) Being hurt and neglected.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street does the narrator live?

2. In Chapter 13, what book is the class translating?

3. What does Frau Schmitz do for a living?

4. In Chapter 15, what does Sophie ask Michael?

5. At what age did Hanna join the army?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother assume he would do at the end of Chapter 1, after the narrator is diagnosed with hepatitis?

2. Describe how Michael becomes involved in the court and Hanna's trial, as it is told in Part 2, Chapter 2.

3. Describe the building on Bahnhofstrasse.

4. Describe the only time Michael sees Hanna by chance, in Chapter 16.

5. Describe the five defendants' roles, and their involvement in the crimes that brought them to the trial, as described in Part 2, Chapter 5.

6. Describe the bicycle trip that Michael and Hanna take during Michael's Easter vacation.

7. Why does Michael decide to talk to his father in Chapter 12?

8. Describe the lines of reasoning the defendants (including Hanna) give for not unlocking the church doors, as explained in Chapter 9.

9. Why is the evidence actually favorable to the defendants, as explained in Chapter 7?

10. What does Michael do, in Chapter 17, when he realizes Hanna has disappeared?

(see the answer keys)

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