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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which defendant is Hanna, out of how many?
(a) Hanna is the second of four defendants.
(b) Hanna is the fourth of five defendants.
(c) Hanna is the first of three defendants.
(d) Hanna is the fourth of eight defendants.

2. What is unusual about Michael's father's relationship with his children?
(a) He requires them to make appointments to speak with him.
(b) He never speaks to his children at home.
(c) He will only speak to one child at a time.
(d) He refuses to speak with them.

3. Who does the plump defendant identify as writing the SS report?
(a) A guard.
(b) Hanna.
(c) Herself.
(d) The commander.

4. What does the man in charge of the streetcar company tell Michael?
(a) That Hanna never picked up her last check.
(b) That Hanna had asked for a promotion.
(c) That Hanna told him she would not be coming back to work.
(d) That Hanna never worked for him.

5. What is the cause of the first fight between Hanna and Michael?
(a) He boards the streetcar, and Hanna doesn't come to the car he's sitting in.
(b) His family forbids him to talk to her.
(c) She tells him she cannot see him again.
(d) He misses the streetcar stop where he is supposed to meet Hanna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Frau Schmitz's hair?

2. What does the survivor finally remember during the trial, and what does Hanna do after the survivor tells the court this?

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

4. What does Michael learn from the citizens' registration office?

5. What is Frau Schmitz doing when she lets the narrator into the apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 11, what are the comparisons Michael makes to his predicament with the trial?

2. Describe how Michael becomes involved in the court and Hanna's trial, as it is told in Part 2, Chapter 2.

3. Describe the five defendants' roles, and their involvement in the crimes that brought them to the trial, as described in Part 2, Chapter 5.

4. What makes Frau (Hanna) Schmitz so angry in Chapter 8?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 4, how does Michael compare the trial to being a prisoner in a death camp?

6. Why is the evidence actually favorable to the defendants, as explained in Chapter 7?

7. Describe what happened the night the church was bombed, as explained in Chapter 8,

8. 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.

9. Why does Michael decide to talk to his father in Chapter 12?

10. Describe the lines of reasoning the defendants (including Hanna) give for not unlocking the church doors, as explained in Chapter 9.

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