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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 floor in the apartment building is the narrator directed to go in the beginning of Chapter 3?
2. In what month do the relocated trials take place?
3. According to the daughter, how could the prisoners have saved themselves?
4. What does the narrator say about the night after he took the bath in Frau Schmitz's apartment?
5. What is the narrator doing in the dream he describes in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what happened the night the church was bombed, as explained in Chapter 8,
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 only time Michael sees Hanna by chance, in Chapter 16.
4. Describe Hanna's lawyer from Part 2, Chapter 3.
5. Describe the Frau Schmitz's apartment.
6. As described in Chapter 10, where is Michael when he has an epiphany about Hanna? What is the epiphany, and how does Michael realize it?
7. Describe the bicycle trip that Michael and Hanna take during Michael's Easter vacation.
8. Describe the encounter between Frau Schmitz and the narrator in Chapter 6.
9. Describe Hanna's bold and unconventional move during the trial, as outlined in Chapter 6.
10. What does Michael do, in Chapter 17, when he realizes Hanna has disappeared?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the trial, Michael talks about the feelings of numbness that overcome him. In Part 2, Chapter 4, Michael uses an analogy to convey his numbed feeling; a "hand pinching an arm numbed by an injection". Why might the author use this analogy? Why does Michael liken his feelings to those of another person, under anesthesia? How does this allow Michael to be active, but also removed from the novel?
Essay Topic 2
How does Hanna act as a "bully" in the early stages of the relationship she has with Michael? Why does Michael feel he has no choice but to give in to Hanna and her demands? How does this set the tone for Hanna's behavior during her trial?
Essay Topic 3
What does Hanna's actions on the night of the church bombing say about her character? Or her behavior while being questioned by the judge? Is Hanna a sympathetic character? Why or why not?
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