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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 does Michael's companion tell him about on the way to their destination in Part 2, Chapter 14?

2. What illness afflicts Michael during his vacation?

3. Where does Michael spend the summer after the trial?

4. What does Michael feel the notebook is testament to?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 14, who says "executioners don't hate the people they execute, and they execute them all the same"?

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

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

5. In Chapter 17, what is the atmosphere in the courtroom at the beginning of the sentencing?

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

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

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

9. How does Michael feel upon seeing Hanna in Chapter 8, and how does he describe her?

10. Describe what is said in the letter Michael receives from the prison warden.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hanna and Micheal's relationship is immediate and intense, yet the reader only has Michael's view of their budding romance. From a literary standpoint, why might the author construct their relationship in this way? What are the disadvantages for reader, of not knowing how Hanna truly feels about Michael? The advantages?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Give examples of the instances in which Michael realizes Hanna gave clues to her illiteracy. Why was it necessary for Michael to be far removed from his life and the trial in order to come to the revelation that Hanna could not read or write? Why does Michael reason that Hanna is fighting her own battle of justice?

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