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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. What does Michael steal for Hanna while at the department store with his sister?
(a) A sweater.
(b) A silk nightgown.
(c) A pair of stockings.
(d) A silk scarf.

2. What is the first story Michael reads to Hanna?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Emilia Galotti.
(d) Intrigues and Love.

3. What does Hanna ask the presiding judge during the trial?
(a) "What would you have done?"
(b) "Why are you punishing me?"
(c) "Did I have a choice?"
(d) "What was I supposed to do?"

4. What do Hanna and Michael do for his Easter vacation?
(a) They go to the beach.
(b) They go to a museum.
(c) They go to a carnival.
(d) They go on a bike trip.

5. Where does Michael see Hanna again, in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) A mental institution.
(b) A courtroom.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A classroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other defendants claim after Hanna's admission?

2. In what year of school does Michael enter into in Chapter 13?

3. What does the owner of the apartment building tell Michael?

4. By what name is one of the guards known in the survivor's book?

5. What day of the week does Michael have a break from the trials and his studies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the encounter between Frau Schmitz and the narrator in Chapter 6.

2. What does Michael do while staying home alone during the last week of vacation, in Chapter 12?

3. Describe Hanna's lawyer from Part 2, Chapter 3.

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

5. How does Michael justify thinking of Hanna as a horse in Chapter 14?

6. Why is the narrator unable to take his eyes off of Frau Schmitz?

7. What makes Frau (Hanna) Schmitz so angry in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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