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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 sentences did the other defendants receive?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) They are acquitted of all charges.
(c) Terms in jail.
(d) Execution.

2. What happens to the Michael's professor who gives the concentration camp seminar?
(a) He convinces Michael to divorce.
(b) He finds new evidence for Hanna's trial.
(c) He dies.
(d) He becomes ill.

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

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

5. What is Michael's wife's name?
(a) Anna.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Gertrud.
(d) Sara.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Michael say "there's no need to talk"?

3. How does Michael feel at the end of Part 2, Chapter 16?

4. What does Michael say that illiteracy is?

5. How does Michael get to his destination in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Michael dream about on the train from Boston to New York, on the way to visit the daughter from the trial?

2. In Chapter 17, how does Michael describe Hanna at her sentencing?

3. Of Hanna's possessions, what does the daughter decide to keep, and why?

4. Describe the situation that happens at the restaurant in Chapter 15.

5. What does Michael receive at the beginning of Chapter 6, and why does this cause him great joy?

6. What does Michael do with his own writing?

7. What does the prison warden tell Michael about Hanna and her time in prison?

8. Describe the driver Michael hitches a ride with in Chapter 14.

9. Although Michael is happy, why does he also feel sorry for Hanna?

10. What does Michael say about his relationships after Gertrud?

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