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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Hanna and Michael do for his Easter vacation?

2. Where does Michael see Hanna again, in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. On what street does the narrator live?

4. How long will the court (including the prosecution, defense, and judge) be in the new location?

5. What does Hanna do to Michael when he returns to their hotel room in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 4, how does Michael compare the trial to being a prisoner in a death camp?

2. What does Michael do in the weeks after he and Hanna have their first fight?

3. What does Michael do, in Chapter 17, when he realizes Hanna has disappeared?

4. Describe Hanna's bold and unconventional move during the trial, as outlined in Chapter 6.

5. Why does Michael decide to talk to his father in Chapter 12?

6. Describe Hanna's life, as she tells it to Michael in Chapter 9.

7. Describe the encounter between Frau Schmitz and the narrator in Chapter 6.

8. What does the narrator's mother assume he would do at the end of Chapter 1, after the narrator is diagnosed with hepatitis?

9. Describe Michael's classroom and classmates as they are presented in Chapter 13.

10. How does the narrator find the courage to return to Frau Schmitz's apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Part 3, Chapter 10, the reader learns that Hanna commits suicide. How did the author foreshadow her suicide? Compare and contrast the tone of Hanna's correspondence with Michael and her behavior when they meet at the prison. What changed?

Essay Topic 2

How does Hanna act as a "bully" in the early stages of the relationship she has with Michael? Why does Michael feel he has no choice but to give in to Hanna and her demands? How does this set the tone for Hanna's behavior during her trial?

Essay Topic 3

While Hanna is in prison, Michael resurrects his practice of reading to her. How does this simple act define their relationship? What does it symbolize? How is it connected to Michael's idea that Hanna has advanced from dependence to independence?

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