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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. When does Michael say "all this happened"?
(a) Long ago.
(b) Twenty years ago.
(c) Ten years ago.
(d) Five years ago.

2. As of Part 3, Chapter 7, how long has Hanna been in prison?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 14 years.
(d) 20 years.

3. What happens to the Michael's professor who gives the concentration camp seminar?
(a) He convinces Michael to divorce.
(b) He becomes ill.
(c) He finds new evidence for Hanna's trial.
(d) He dies.

4. What is the first thing Michael notices about Hanna when he sees her in Part 3, Chapter 8?
(a) She has never looked so small.
(b) She looks like his mother.
(c) She has aged and gained weight.
(d) She looks exactly the same.

5. At the end of Part 3, Chapter 1, to what does Michael equate his love for Hanna?
(a) The fate of his life.
(b) The fate of life in prison.
(c) The fate of his generation.
(d) The fate of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michael paying attention to during his discussion in Part 2, Chapter 16?

2. What does the daughter want to keep?

3. Who does Michael defend in Part 2, Chapter 15?

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

5. How does Michael make a quick exit at the end of the Part 3, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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