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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 the prison warden show Michael when he visits the prison after learning Hanna has died?
(a) Hanna's medical record.
(b) Hanna's letter to him.
(c) Hanna's cell.
(d) The prison hospital.

2. What does Michael record, at first?
(a) Tapes of himself reading the Odyssey.
(b) Movies on television.
(c) Tapes of himself reading Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Songs for Hanna.

3. How much time passes before Michael receives a note from Hanna?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Five years.
(c) One year.
(d) Four years.

4. What does the daughter want Michael to do with the money?
(a) Give it to her children.
(b) Deposit the money in her account.
(c) Find a Jewish illiteracy fund, and donate it.
(d) Keep it for himself.

5. How does Michael make a quick exit at the end of the Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) He jumps into a moving car.
(b) He ducks into a church.
(c) He rides away on a bicycle.
(d) He jumps onto a passing streetcar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Michael annoyed at the end of the Part 3, Chapter 9?

2. How does Hanna die?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 4, what does Michael deem "the most grotesque oversimplification of all"?

4. What does Michael believe the person from the cemetery will ask him about the trial?

5. What does Michael think Hanna smells like, while sitting with her on the bench?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Michael when he visits the cemetery in Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 17, what is the atmosphere in the courtroom at the beginning of the sentencing?

4. How does Michael react after reading the letter in Chapter 7?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 12, right after Hanna's death, what does Michael decide to do? Why?

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

7. What decision does Michael struggle with at the beginning of Chapter 4, and why?

8. What does Michael decide to do after he and Gertrud separate in Chapter 5?

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

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

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