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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May 1944.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Angelo Soncini realizes he is not the only ______ in hiding at his boarding school.
(a) Italian
(b) Jew
(c) male
(d) German

2. What is the one word Pierino says in response to finding out that Albert's wife and boys were put on a train?
(a) Pain
(b) Hands
(c) Eyes
(d) Faces

3. Schramm began to believe that money should not be spent on those who are _________.
(a) women
(b) useless
(c) black
(d) weak

4. Why was Schramm's sister institutionalized by her family when she was a child?
(a) Paranoia
(b) Encephalitis
(c) She wasn't institutionalized
(d) Lost eyes

5. What would NOT be necessary to nurse Schramm back to health?
(a) Nursing
(b) Plain food
(c) Vitamins
(d) Cold, dry air

Short Answer Questions

1. Who admits that he/she marched in an anti-war demonstration that helped oust Mussolini from power while Renzo was in jail?

2. Who did Serafino Brizzolari already confess to, though he did not follow his advice for absolution?

3. What is Schramm dying from, though Renzo decides he can help him to life long enough to return to see his family?

4. Angelo tells his neighbor Lidia Leoni that he saw Signor Ravera walking around with a bucket that contained Signora Ravera's __________.

5. Who is the young accomplice who tempts the German soldiers with her short skirt and her tight shirt?

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