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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hanna ask the presiding judge during the trial?
(a) "Why are you punishing me?"
(b) "What was I supposed to do?"
(c) "What would you have done?"
(d) "Did I have a choice?"

2. According to the daughter, how could the prisoners have saved themselves?
(a) By immediately getting together to break down the doors of the church.
(b) By begging the guards for mercy.
(c) By poisoning the guards.
(d) By immediately getting together to plot against the guards.

3. What happens to Michael and Sophie in Chapter 15?
(a) They are expelled from school.
(b) They are caught in a thunderstorm.
(c) They are caught cheating.
(d) They are in a car accident.

4. By what name is one of the guards known in the survivor's book?
(a) "Mare"
(b) "Toad"
(c) "Maria"
(d) "Horse"

5. On what street does the narrator live?
(a) Blumenstrasse.
(b) Bahnhofstrasse.
(c) Einbahnstrasse.
(d) Schillerstrasse.

6. What, at first, does Michael decide to be Hanna's motive?
(a) Fear of exposure as a criminal.
(b) Fear of exposure as an illiterate.
(c) Fear of exposure as a liar.
(d) Fear of exposure as a killer.

7. What is the first story Michael reads to Hanna?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Intrigues and Love.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Emilia Galotti.

8. What is the girl's name who sits next to Michael in their class?
(a) Anna.
(b) Marie.
(c) Heidi.
(d) Sophie.

9. What is the first thing the defense could have cast doubt upon during the trial?
(a) Whether the defendants were present.
(b) Whether the defendants made the selections.
(c) Whether Hanna should be a defendant.
(d) Whether the survivors are lying.

10. Why were the defendants transferred from Auschwitz in 1944?
(a) To replace guards who fell ill.
(b) To replace guards who were killed or injured in a factory bombing.
(c) To replace guards who were killed by the Liberation.
(d) As punishment for a poor performance at Auschwitz.

11. What is the first article of clothing Frau Schmitz puts on to get ready to leave the apartment in Chapter 4?
(a) Stockings.
(b) Blouse.
(c) Smock.
(d) Coat.

12. What does Hanna not want to acknowledge that she had previously admitted to the court?
(a) That she had a key to the church.
(b) That she had no knowledge of prisoners in the hospital.
(c) That she had no knowledge of prisoners in the church.
(d) That she had a key to the hospital.

13. What is Frau Schmitz doing when she lets the narrator into the apartment?
(a) Ironing.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Doing dishes.
(d) Cooking.

14. At the end of Chapter 16, who does Michael see during one afternoon at the pool?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Hanna.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

15. What play did Michael and Hanna see at the theater?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Intrigues and Love.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Hanna look at Michael during the trial?

2. On what street is the building the narrator talks about in Chapter 2?

3. How do the other defense attorneys deal with Hanna's admissions?

4. What is the cause of the first fight between Hanna and Michael?

5. What does Michael notice on Hanna's shoulder?

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