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

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

3. Who had arranged for Schramm's escape as a symbolic repayment to someone he might have killed in the past?
(a) Reinecke
(b) Tomitz
(c) Renzo
(d) Santiano

4. What is the one word Pierino says in response to finding out that Albert's wife and boys were put on a train?
(a) Eyes
(b) Hands
(c) Pain
(d) Faces

5. What is the first name of Renzo's forward thinking mother with whom he lives?
(a) Loria
(b) Lenasta
(c) Lividida
(d) Lidia

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Osvaldo unable to do when he hears the confession of Schramm?

2. Who was one of the women who feigned grief beside Schramm as he passed through German checkpoints?

3. Who will not leave Albert Blum behind when he becomes ill?

4. What does Renzo act as in order to evade the capture by the Germans when Duno arrives?

5. What are Tomitz and Renzo working on as they travel on their way to Valdottavo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Loeb's frantic warning to everyone he speaks to after the bells ring at the church?

2. What happened to the Jews of Italy when Mussolini surrendered in 1942?

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

4. What does Werner Schramm apologize for when he finally runs into Osvaldo?

5. How does Schramm travel through German checkpoints?

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

7. What was the horrible event that happened to Klara Hitler which led to her immaculate home?

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

9. What are the new names of Lidia and Renzo, respectively?

10. What did Lidia do while Renzo was in jail, a fact she admits to him when he reveals his meeting with Schramm?

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