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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. In Chapter 26, how many times does Leyers go to Switzerland after visiting the train yard in Como?

2. What type of new car does Leyers get after the bombing of his other car in Chapter 20?

3. How many bottles of wine does Pino get from his uncle in Chapter 22?

4. What was the name of Anna's husband?

5. In Chapter 25, how many Jewish prisoners did SS men take from Auschwitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Pino and Anna do on his day off in Chapter 21?

2. What does Leyers say about the advance of the Allies in Chapter 26?

3. In Chapter 20, what does Pino have to do to get the Daimler running after they are strafed by a Spitfire?

4. In Chapter 24, who does Leyers rescue from a train bound for Auschwitz, and where are the rescued taken?

5. What is the situation in Milan in Chapter 25?

6. In Chapter 25, what does Pino learn about Auschwitz?

7. In Chapter 21, what does Pino observe as he drives General Leyers all over northern Italy?

8. In Chapter 16, what happens when Pino is talking and eating with Carletto?

9. Why does Cardinal Schuster ask Mussolini, Wolff, and Leyers to meet with him in Chapter 27?

10. In Chapter 26, what message does Pino leave to be transmitted to the Allies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the point of view of the novel, and how does the viewpoint affect the story?

Essay Topic 2

Pino first meets Anna at a bakery. How do Pino and Anna begin to have a relationship? How would you describe the relationship between Anna and Pino at first and how and why it changes?

Essay Topic 3

Mark Sullivan learned about Pino Lella at a dinner party. Why did Sullivan want to write the story? How did the story save Sullivan’s life?

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