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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. According to the prison warden, once Hanna learned to read, what did she request?
(a) Plays by Shakespeare.
(b) Greek classics.
(c) Literature on concentration camps.
(d) Books about law.

2. What does Michael believe the person from the cemetery will ask him about the trial?
(a) Why he seemed so distant during the trials.
(b) Why he never came to hear the verdict.
(c) Why he was never late.
(d) What was going on between him and the defendant, Hanna.

3. In Part 3, Chapter 4, what does Michael deem "the most grotesque oversimplification of all"?
(a) Becoming a doctor.
(b) Prosecuting.
(c) Judging.
(d) Defending.

4. What illness afflicts Michael during his vacation?
(a) High fever.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael feel upon reading the note?

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

3. Who does Michael meet at the cemetery?

4. How much money does Hanna leave for Michael to handle?

5. What familiar feeling does Michael get again in Part 3, Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Michael feel upon seeing Hanna in Chapter 8, and how does he describe her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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