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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. Where does Michael send the tapes and recorder?
(a) To his parents.
(b) To Hanna in prison.
(c) To Gertrud.
(d) To Sophie in the hospital.

2. What does Michael say that illiteracy is?
(a) Anger.
(b) Dependence.
(c) Love.
(d) Embarrassment.

3. What does Michael ask himself, sometimes, after Hanna's death?
(a) If he was responsible.
(b) If he loved her enough.
(c) If she deserved it.
(d) If he could have reduced her sentence.

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

5. What does Michael say about his exchange with Hanna?
(a) It is strained and awkward.
(b) It is comfortable and familiar, but also selfish of him.
(c) It is comfortable and familiar, and he is falling in love again.
(d) It is difficult to understand what she meant.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Michael give Hanna's money?

2. How old is Michael's daughter when he and his wife divorce?

3. in Part 2, Chapter 16, what does Michael say to be "unendurable" regarding the trial?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 does Michael decide to do for work, and why?

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