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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Conflicting ________ are dropped by the Germans and the Allies, leading to rumors in the area.
(a) planes
(b) bombs
(c) radio signals
(d) leaflets

2. What is Antonia Usodimare running her place as?
(a) Whorehouse
(b) Sweatshop
(c) Boarding house
(d) Hospital

3. Mirella hopes that the war will be over by _________________.
(a) Christmas
(b) Yom Kippur
(c) Easter
(d) Thanksgiving

4. Who is killed when German soldiers attack Maria and her companion?
(a) Renzo
(b) Otello
(c) Maria
(d) Simon

5. What does Renzo need to walk when it comes time for him to leave in August?
(a) Crutch
(b) Nothing
(c) Wooden leg
(d) Wheelchair

6. What does Maria Avoni tote as she escorts Simon Henley to his first camp?
(a) A large book
(b) Grenade
(c) Machine gun
(d) Laundry basket

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

8. Simon is summoned and told that he was not to let the partisans into Sant'Andrea until ____________.
(a) the next month
(b) Christmas
(c) allied forces arrived
(d) he was told to

9. Who does Claudia want to marry under the guidance of Leto as the minister of the vows?
(a) Iacopo
(b) Renzo
(c) Angelo
(d) Santino

10. What does Renzo want Santino to build for a German engineering firm?
(a) Stone bridge
(b) Stone building
(c) Faulty sea wall
(d) Trick door

11. Renzo believes his shame is the last vestige of _________ in a vicious, barbaric world.
(a) courage
(b) peace
(c) truth
(d) honor

12. Who has taken in hundreds of people needing a place to sleep and a meal?
(a) Claudia
(b) Mirella
(c) Sister Dimples
(d) Antonia

13. Who rushes in to tell Santino about German soldiers raping a young girl?
(a) Tomitz
(b) Claudia
(c) Angelo
(d) Renzo

14. What is Santino Cicala helping Battista Goletta build?
(a) Stone wall
(b) Hospital
(c) Church
(d) Outhouse

15. Who is Duno treating, though he has Iacopo's help to do so?
(a) Claudette
(b) Albert
(c) Renzo
(d) Schramm

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has Claudia worked for Bettinna and Tercilla as a helper with household chores?

2. Who tells Simon he must rest one night here and then he can radio in the next day?

3. What city has the Nazi party lost in their struggle to conquer Italy?

4. What does Messner give to Santino secretly as he tells him where to meet?

5. Who is the six month's pregnant woman who pretends to fetch Antonia's laundry?

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