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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 1945.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Renzo advise that Iacopo do with his synagogue for the time being?
(a) Burn it
(b) Give it to the Germans
(c) Reopen it
(d) Close it down

2. Santino tells Leto that the wall's strength comes from the _________ as well as from what you see.
(a) maker
(b) Lord
(c) materials
(d) inside

3. How did the Germans trick the Blums in Belgium?
(a) By coming in tanks
(b) By telling them they were to receive money
(c) By surrendering, at first
(d) By bombing the country

4. Who is the one-armed son who is not taken off to war to fight with the Army?
(a) Signor
(b) Santiago
(c) Santino
(d) Pierino

5. What does the Soncini family return to after Iacopo is released from jail?
(a) Messy house
(b) Dead children
(c) A note from the Germans
(d) Blood on the floor of their home

Short Answer Questions

1. Who have invaded France at this point of the novel, showing their strength in battle?

2. What does Simon tell himself not to do when he finds himself in a snowdrift and unable to move?

3. What does Schramm weep at when he is recuperating from his illness?

4. A girl on the crowded train diverts the Nazi soldiers' attention as a ____________ slides under the train seats.

5. What is the name of the little mute to whom Angelo feels close?

(see the answer key)

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