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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. Where is Angelo put in order to keep him safe from the Germans, though Angelo just thinks he is being punished for being mean to his sister?
(a) The attic
(b) A new family's home
(c) Catholic boarding school
(d) A stone hut

2. Schramm recalls how the _________ of the world romanticized illness and fainting.
(a) actors
(b) artists
(c) writers
(d) doctors

3. Who admits that he/she marched in an anti-war demonstration that helped oust Mussolini from power while Renzo was in jail?
(a) Loeb
(b) Tomitz
(c) Santiano
(d) Lidia

4. What would NOT be necessary to nurse Schramm back to health?
(a) Nursing
(b) Plain food
(c) Vitamins
(d) Cold, dry air

5. What does Don Osvaldo hear from Catarina Dolcino?
(a) A joke
(b) The German plans
(c) A funny confession
(d) Her murder confession

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mirella offer to keep liquor at home for Renzo, which ends up making Renzo angry at her?

2. Who are now being forced into service in the German army and factories?

3. What does Leto help Duno with as they travel on foot to Santa Chiara?

4. What has Schramm traveled in in order to get to his final destination as noted in #101?

5. How many women were surrounding Schramm and feigning grief at his demise?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the former life of the Brosslers.

3. Why does Werner think his mother committed suicide?

4. What kind of mother was Klara Hitler to her son, Adolf Hitler?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Santino discover after praying fervently to the Virgin?

10. What does Tomitz come to tell those at the Rabbi's house?

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