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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 does Michael get to his destination in Chapter 14?
(a) He hitches a ride to Schirmeck.
(b) He takes a train to Alsace.
(c) He goes on a bicycle trip.
(d) He flies.

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

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

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

5. When is the verdict reached?
(a) The end of May.
(b) The beginning of June.
(c) The end of June.
(d) The beginning of May.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael's companion tell him about on the way to their destination in Part 2, Chapter 14?

2. What does Michael never do on the recordings?

3. What can the dead do, according to Hanna?

4. What does Michael learn after a phone call at the end of Part 3, Chapter 7?

5. Where does Michael go in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the Michael's feelings about the trial become "awakened" in Chapter 3?

3. What does Michael do during the summer after the trial, as described in Part 3, Chapter 1?

4. What happens when Michael speaks to Hanna, right before she is released, at the end of chapter 9?

5. Describe the prison warden, and the exchange she and Michael have when Michael comes to the prison and finds out Hanna has committed suicide.

6. Describe Gertrud and the relationship she develops with Michael as described in Chapter 2.

7. What does Michael notice about himself after he is taken to the hospital with fever?

8. What does Michael do to prepare for Hanna's release in Chapter 9?

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

10. What happens when Michael goes to talk to the judge in Chapter 16?

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