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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. Which defendant is Hanna, out of how many?
2. As described in Part 2, Chapter 11, what does Michael feel he should do regarding his epiphany about Hanna?
3. Why does Frau Schmitz laugh at the narrator in Chapter 6?
4. What color is Frau Schmitz's hair?
5. On the night Michael cooks dinner for Hanna, in what room does he find her lingering?
Short Essay Questions
1. What makes Frau (Hanna) Schmitz so angry in Chapter 8?
2. Describe what happened the night the church was bombed, as explained in Chapter 8,
3. Describe Michael's feelings about his last years in school and his first years in university, as he relates them in Part 2, Chapter 1.
4. How does Michael justify thinking of Hanna as a horse in Chapter 14?
5. As described in Chapter 10, where is Michael when he has an epiphany about Hanna? What is the epiphany, and how does Michael realize it?
6. At the end of Chapter 11, what are the comparisons Michael makes to his predicament with the trial?
7. Describe the building on Bahnhofstrasse.
8. Describe the encounter between Frau Schmitz and the narrator in Chapter 6.
9. Describe how Michael becomes involved in the court and Hanna's trial, as it is told in Part 2, Chapter 2.
10. What does Michael do, in Chapter 17, when he realizes Hanna has disappeared?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
In Part 1, Chapter 9, Michael asks "Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths?" What does this foreshadow? Do you agree with Michael that happiness about something cannot be regained if the memory ends in unhappiness? Why or why not? How does this question relate to the novel as a whole?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Michael's attitude toward Hanna at the beginning of their relationship and before the trial. How does Michael change over that time? How does he mature, emotionally and physically?
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