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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. Who is the six month's pregnant woman who pretends to fetch Antonia's laundry?
(a) Maria Avola
(b) Jerena Socini
(c) Claudia Cicala
(d) Sister Dimples

2. What does Isma reveal to Renzo, even though it seems she would not say anything to anyone?
(a) She is a German
(b) She is Stefania from Austria
(c) She is a boy
(d) Nothing

3. Battista threatens _______ that he must tell the Germans who killed the five soldiers or he will tell them about his own Communist cousins.
(a) Renzo
(b) Tomitz
(c) Santino
(d) Leto

4. Who tells Simon he must rest one night here and then he can radio in the next day?
(a) Renzo
(b) Tomitz
(c) Angelo
(d) Otello

5. Conflicting ________ are dropped by the Germans and the Allies, leading to rumors in the area.
(a) planes
(b) bombs
(c) radio signals
(d) leaflets

Short Answer Questions

1. What city has the Nazi party lost in their struggle to conquer Italy?

2. Who is killed when German soldiers attack Maria and her companion?

3. Who did Landau once try to recruit for the CNL, though he was turned down?

4. Angelo Soncini realizes he is not the only ______ in hiding at his boarding school.

5. German officers arrive in order to take over the villa for a ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Alberto Fiori, formerly Albery Blum?

2. Why does Artur almost shoot a young boy he sees while sitting out with Renzo/Ugo?

3. What does Maria Avoni teach Simon Henley about as she takes him to his first camp?

4. What has little Angelo Soncini realized about his position at the boarding school?

5. What are Renzo and Schramm supervising together?

6. What happens to Simon Henley's plane during the conflict with the German planes?

7. How does Schramm describe Hitler's stories?

8. Why does Duno know how to care for the injured?

9. Who does Mirella turn away from her property, even though she generally takes in everyone she can?

10. What does Renzo do once he realizes he has no one to live for now that the war is over?

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