View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one area of Michael's specialty?
(a) Divorce law.
(b) Law of the Third Reich.
(c) Psychology of criminals.
(d) Pediatrics.

3. What is Hanna's sentence?
(a) 25 years in prison.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) She is acquitted of all charges.
(d) Execution.

4. What invitation does Michael accept during Christmas vacation?
(a) An invitation to stay with Hanna's relatives.
(b) An invitation to study at a prestigious university.
(c) An invitation on a ski trip with other students.
(d) An invitation to America.

5. Where does Michael go in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 14?
(a) He goes to visit Sophie.
(b) He goes to visit his parents childhood home.
(c) He goes to Auschwitz, a former concentration camp.
(d) He goes to Struthof, a former concentration camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Michael send the tapes and recorder?

2. What does Michael feel upon reading the note?

3. How do many of the spectators feel about Hanna's behavior?

4. What does Michael say about his exchange with Hanna?

5. What does Michael notice about Hanna's subsequent notes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Michael do upon returning from New York at the end of Chapter 12?

4. What does Michael decide to do for work, and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,056 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample