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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Renzo and Tomitz tell the German police that Duno is a __________ who lost his family.
(a) German
(b) mute
(c) drunk
(d) Catholic

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

3. What was NOT one of the fears of Adolf as a child growing up in the fearful environment of his mother?
(a) Ill health
(b) Meat
(c) Jews
(d) Suffocation

4. What did Angelo Soncini's baby sister have an accident with that caused her to die?
(a) A hot pan
(b) A German
(c) A coal stove
(d) A water well

5. Pierino is given a gift, a ___________, from the milkman, Renzo.
(a) piece of bread
(b) gun
(c) hat
(d) new coat

Short Answer Questions

1. What would NOT be necessary to nurse Schramm back to health?

2. What is the one word Pierino says in response to finding out that Albert's wife and boys were put on a train?

3. Who is the priest who introduces himself to Schramm?

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

5. What does Iacopo admit to Mirella when they return home after Iacopo is released from jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the person who arranged Schramm's escape? Why?

2. Why does Werner think his mother committed suicide?

3. Describe the former life of the Brosslers.

4. What does Santino tell the Blums to do in order to save themselves from the Germans?

5. What does Albert say is the meaning and the purpose of the small boxes tied to his forehead and hands?

6. What does Renzo speculate about the human beings in the world?

7. What is Doctor Werner Schramm looking for in the small village of Porto Sant' Andrea?

8. What does Catarina Dolcino confess to Don Osvaldo that seems "funny" to him?

9. Why wasn't one of Tercilla Lovera's sons taken to be part of the war effort?

10. What are some of the things that Adolf is afraid of at the beginning of the manuscript which may have led to his own sense of purity?

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