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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what military group was Renzo once part of?
(a) French Foreign Legion
(b) English brigadiers
(c) Italian Royal Air Force
(d) Italy's Navy

2. Who is the young accomplice who tempts the German soldiers with her short skirt and her tight shirt?
(a) Claudette Blum
(b) Maria Avani
(c) Adele Toselli
(d) Lidia Leoni

3. Osvaldo is impatient with the __________ and with the war.
(a) church
(b) sinners
(c) Germans
(d) soldiers

4. What is the name of the little mute to whom Angelo feels close?
(a) Isma
(b) Sister Dimples
(c) Sister Claudette
(d) Suaro Corniglia

5. What is Pierino's new job to do at this point of the story?
(a) Artist
(b) Milk man
(c) Postman
(d) Soldier

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first name of Renzo's forward thinking mother with whom he lives?

2. Who is the mother of the girl who has been leaving food for the Blums to find?

3. What are other women doing as the answer to #112 distracts the soldiers?

4. In 1938, every city in Italy had to send ten anti-Fascist _________ to jail, which is why the answer to #50 went to jail.

5. What are tied to Albert's forehead and hands to help remind him of the sacred words of prayer?

(see the answer key)

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