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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pelagia find it difficult to do while Corelli is in the house?
(a) Not to sing.
(b) Not stare at him.
(c) To clean quietly.
(d) To study.

2. Who is the strongman who comes to town to perform an act?
(a) Vinnie.
(b) Velisarios.
(c) Yohannes.
(d) Bacchus.

3. What makes Pelagia's opinion of Captain Corelli soften a little bit?
(a) She sees his rescue a kitten from a tree.
(b) She sees him playing with a little girl named Lemoni.
(c) She sees him walking and talking with her father.
(d) She sees him singing and playing his mandolin for some children.

4. What is the reason Mandras does not reply to Pelagia's letters?
(a) He is in a hospital.
(b) He cannot read.
(c) He has no paper or pen.
(d) He is dead.

5. Captain Corelli leads a group that sings every morning ____________________.
(a) as they eat breakfast.
(b) as they march.
(c) as they do calisthenics.
(d) as they use the latrines.

6. When does Mandras think he and Pelagia could get married?
(a) When he saves more money.
(b) When she is a little older.
(c) When he comes back from the war.
(d) When her father gives permission.

7. Dr. Iannis cures a village man's deafness by removing a _______________ that had been stuck in his ear since childhood.
(a) pea.
(b) seed.
(c) marble.
(d) bean.

8. With whom is Carlo Piero Guercio in love?
(a) Francisco.
(b) Lukas.
(c) Pelagia.
(d) Filia.

9. How does Dr. Iannis try to pull Pelagia out of her depression of missing Mandras?
(a) He gives her money to go shopping.
(b) He makes her angry at him.
(c) He lets her redecorate the house.
(d) He sends her on a little vacation.

10. What has Dr. Iannis told Mandras that worries Pelagia?
(a) That she is healthier than she really is.
(b) That she is younger than she really is.
(c) That she has less education than he said.
(d) That she will have no dowry.

11. What demeanor does Pelagia have around Captain Corelli?
(a) Interested.
(b) Brusque.
(c) Intrigued.
(d) Besotted.

12. The preserved body of the saint in #29 is passed over whom twice a year in hopes of healing them?
(a) Blind people.
(b) Cancer patients.
(c) Inmates of the insane asylum.
(d) Crippled children.

13. Who is the leader of the group of thugs which Mandras joins?
(a) Hesperos.
(b) Hector.
(c) Argus.
(d) Theo.

14. Who does Pelagia see swimming naked and setting up a fishing net?
(a) Theo.
(b) Nikos.
(c) Pavlos.
(d) Mandras.

15. What happens on April 30, 1941?
(a) Pelagia and Mandras get married.
(b) World War II ends.
(c) Dr. Iannis dies.
(d) Italian troops occupy Cephallonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pelagia startled when she arrives home one day?

2. What is the Fascist slogan on a propaganda pamphlet aimed against Mussolini?

3. Which of the following does Carlo NOT tell Francisco's mother about Francisco's death?

4. When Mandras is well, he tells Pelagia that he is going to _________________________.

5. What is Mandras' initiation into the group in #65?

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