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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. Where is Pino when he sees Tullio shot?

2. In Chapter 23, how many heads have been stuck on fence posts?

3. Where is Anna from?

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

5. In Chapter 22, how long has it been since Michele has heard from Mimo?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 22, what does General Leyers do to relieve the suffering of the German soldiers along the Gothic Line?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Pino get Gabriella's body to her mother?

7. What does Antonio tell Pino about the men in the gray clothing in Chapter 16?

8. What does Father Re tell Pino when he comes to see him in Chapter 24?

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

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

Pino senses that something is different when he leaves Hotel Diana after a party. How does the author use foreshadowing in that and other scenes to create suspense?

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

Father Re has Pino guide Jews to safety. What does Pino have to do in order to get Jews safely to Switzerland? What do his actions as a guide reveal about responsibility?

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