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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the trials take place?
(a) In another town, an hour away.
(b) In another town, five hours away.
(c) In Poland.
(d) In Berlin, Germany.

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

3. In Chapter 16, what type of film does Michael mention he and Hanna particularly like?
(a) A romantic comedy.
(b) A German war film.
(c) A Hollywood Western.
(d) A movie based on a Shakespeare play.

4. What illness does the narrator suffer from in Chapter 1?
(a) Liver disease.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. What does Michael learn from the citizens' registration office?
(a) That Hanna has moved to France.
(b) That Hanna has died.
(c) That Hanna is in jail.
(d) That Hanna has moved to Hamburg.

6. How does the narrator describe the feeling he gets from his father regarding their family?
(a) He feels they are like burdens to his father.
(b) He feels they are cherished by his father.
(c) He feels they are like friends to his father, rather than family.
(d) He feels they are like pets to his father.

7. What does Michael notice on Hanna's shoulder?
(a) A birthmark.
(b) A burn.
(c) A scar.
(d) A boil.

8. Where does Michael see Hanna again, in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) A classroom.
(b) A mental institution.
(c) A courtroom.
(d) A hospital.

9. 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 a key to the hospital.
(d) That she had no knowledge of prisoners in the church.

10. How long will the court (including the prosecution, defense, and judge) be in the new location?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Five days.

11. Why does Michael see Hanna in this place?
(a) He tracks her down through old friends.
(b) He is working as an orderly at a hospital.
(c) He is a law student attending a seminar on the Nazi trials.
(d) She is teaching one of his law classes.

12. In what language does Michael have to read the survivor's book?
(a) Polish.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) German.

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

14. What is the main piece of evidence in the trial?
(a) The survivor's book.
(b) The survivor's locket.
(c) The survivor's letters.
(d) The survivor's poem.

15. In what year of school does Michael enter into in Chapter 13?
(a) 12th grade.
(b) College.
(c) 11th grade.
(d) 10th grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the girl's name who sits next to Michael in their class?

2. How old is Hanna?

3. What is the narrator carrying to give to Frau Schmitz in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 13, what book is the class translating?

5. What lie does Hanna tell to Michael in Chapter 11?

(see the answer keys)

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