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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 25, how many Jewish prisoners did SS men take from Auschwitz?

2. In Chapter 21, how many cars of food will be going from Italy to Germany?

3. In Chapter 27 on April 22, where does Leyers destroy documents?

4. In Chapter 18, where does Leyers take Dolly while Pino stays with Anna?

5. Who does General Leyers tell about the repercussions General Wolff wishes to inflict if the bomber is not turned over to the Germans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 23, what does Mimo look like when Pino and Anna see him?

4. In Chpater 18, why does Leyers say that Colonel Rauff's decision to kill Italians for every German killed is a bad decision?

5. In Chapter 17, what happens when Tullio and the others are brought to be shot at Piazzale Loreto?

6. How did Anna's father die?

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

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

9. In Chapter 28, how does Pino arrest General Leyers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Pino experiences internal and external conflicts in the novel. What conflicts do Pino and others experience? Are most of the conflicts in the novel internal or external? Are they mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? How does conflict affect plot?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways does Pino mature and come of age in the story? Is this a coming-of-age story?

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