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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the prison warden tell Michael she is nervous?
(a) She thinks Hanna's clemency will be revoked.
(b) She thinks Hanna is not prepared to be released.
(c) Hanna has gotten very ill.
(d) Hanna refused to go outside before she was released.

2. How does Hanna die?
(a) She hangs herself.
(b) She dies of a heart attack.
(c) She dies of fever.
(d) She cuts her wrists.

3. According to the prison warden, once Hanna learned to read, what did she request?
(a) Literature on concentration camps.
(b) Plays by Shakespeare.
(c) Greek classics.
(d) Books about law.

4. What does Michael learn after a phone call at the end of Part 3, Chapter 7?
(a) Hanna will be executed.
(b) Hanna will be released the next day.
(c) Hanna will be released in one week.
(d) Hanna will remain in prison.

5. What is Hanna's sentence?
(a) 25 years in prison.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) She is acquitted of all charges.
(d) Execution.

6. How does Hanna address Michael?
(a) "Michael."
(b) "My love."
(c) "Kid."
(d) "Mr. Berg."

7. How much time passes before Michael receives a note from Hanna?
(a) One year.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Four years.

8. To whom does Hanna want her money to be given?
(a) A charity.
(b) Michael's family.
(c) Michael.
(d) The daughter who survived the church fire.

9. How long does it take to read the verdict?
(a) Several hours.
(b) One hour.
(c) A half hour.
(d) One day.

10. What does Michael believe the person from the cemetery will ask him about the trial?
(a) Why he seemed so distant during the trials.
(b) Why he was never late.
(c) Why he never came to hear the verdict.
(d) What was going on between him and the defendant, Hanna.

11. Why does Michael marry his wife?
(a) She looks like Hanna.
(b) She promises him a happy life.
(c) She is beautiful.
(d) She is pregnant.

12. What does the daughter want to keep?
(a) The tea tin.
(b) Michael's tapes.
(c) Half of the money.
(d) The letter from Hanna.

13. What happens to the Michael's professor who gives the concentration camp seminar?
(a) He becomes ill.
(b) He convinces Michael to divorce.
(c) He finds new evidence for Hanna's trial.
(d) He dies.

14. In Part 3, Chapter 1, where does Michael move during the summer after the trial?
(a) France.
(b) Into his parents house.
(c) Into a rented room.
(d) Into the hospital.

15. What is the daughter like?
(a) Very rich.
(b) Very beautiful.
(c) Very matter-of-fact.
(d) Very sad and lonely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael decide to do after Hanna's death?

2. What novel does Michael reread at the end of Part 3, Chapter 4?

3. What are some things Michael does to prepare for Hanna?

4. What does Michael notice about the note, upon first glance?

5. What has Michael noticed about Hanna's voice at the end of Part 3, Chapter 9?

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