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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. What does Tomitz offer to give the rabbi and his family after telling them to leave town?
(a) Baptismal certificates
(b) Maps
(c) Clothing
(d) Money

2. Santino tells Claudia to save her _______ as she might need them later.
(a) tears
(b) shoes
(c) biscuits
(d) jewels

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Schramm wants to know if _________ go to heaven if they are too young or unable to reach a state of reason.

2. War also has ________ in its battlefield, resulting in attack and retreat....

3. Duno feels like a ________ in the mountains, but he knows he will never go back.

4. What was NOT one of the fears of Adolf as a child growing up in the fearful environment of his mother?

5. Who does Claudette miss, though she now places her love and hope in Santino?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Schramm understand now that he sees how life really is rather than how it is portrayed by artists?

2. What happened to Angelo Soncini's baby sister?

3. Describe the character of Lidia Leoni.

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

5. What does Renzo say as he is out in public with Mirella?

6. Why was Leto allowed to go to school while others were not?

7. Why had Renzo Leoni been waiting at the church when he met Schramm?

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

9. Describe the former life of the Brosslers.

10. Why did the bells at the church suddenly begin to ring?

(see the answer keys)

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