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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Angelo tells his neighbor Lidia Leoni that he saw Signor Ravera walking around with a bucket that contained Signora Ravera's __________.
(a) money
(b) clothing
(c) head
(d) jewelry

2. Schramm compares war to misdiagnosed __________.
(a) typhus
(b) cancer
(c) plagues
(d) tuberculosis

3. Who does Santino blame for the predicament of the Jews?
(a) Mussolini
(b) Hitler
(c) Eisenhower
(d) Himself

4. What person of the Bible also spoke with a "halt of tongue" according to Leto?
(a) Peter
(b) Moses
(c) Jesus
(d) David

5. Why does Mirella offer to keep liquor at home for Renzo, which ends up making Renzo angry at her?
(a) To avoid breaking curfew
(b) She doesn't offer to keep it
(c) To keep him closeby
(d) To help him dull his pain

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

7. Who was the famous figure who surrendered in 1942, seemingly ending the war in Italy?
(a) Benito Suarez
(b) Mussolini
(c) Hitler
(d) Werner

8. Which character knows three languages, but wants to learn Italian now?
(a) Loeb
(b) Albert
(c) Renzo
(d) Claudette

9. What did Adolf believe others who were not has faultless as he was should have done to them?
(a) Annihilation
(b) Taught a lesson
(c) Cleaned
(d) Ignored

10. Where does Schramm finally lie down in order to begin to recuperate from his illness?
(a) Stone floor
(b) Mountain cave
(c) Hayloft
(d) A tent

11. Whose acceptance of everyone regardless of race does Santino admire?
(a) French
(b) Italians'
(c) Germans'
(d) English

12. What kinds of laws does Lidia find annoying?
(a) All laws
(b) War crime laws
(c) Race laws
(d) Religion laws

13. What did Adolf believe himself to be because of all of the fear in his life?
(a) Pure
(b) Innocent
(c) Weak
(d) Victimized

14. Adolf decided to free ________ of pollution and defilement--only health and confidence and purity and order would remain.
(a) England
(b) Germany
(c) Europe
(d) Austria

15. Mirella tells Schramm that the Allies have leveled __________.
(a) Santa Clarita
(b) Valdottavo
(c) The Vatican
(d) Monte Cassino

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mirella try to finagle from the public official, Serafino Brizzolari?

2. What did Klara Hitler finally die from as she seemingly could not be saved by a Jewish doctor?

3. Duno becomes angry that his father will not fight the ____________.

4. Santino was a drystone waller who hates _____________.

5. Where are the Jews supposedly going to go to be resettled when they surrender to the determined place?

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