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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 did Klara do too long with her son Adolf as mentioned in the beginning of this book?
(a) Read to him
(b) Toilet train
(c) Breast feed
(d) Take him to church

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

3. What kind of position does Tranquillo Loeb hold for the Delegation for the Assistance of Hebrew Emigrants?
(a) Priest
(b) Security
(c) Lawyer
(d) Doctor

4. What does Claudette do that nearly makes her fall off the mountainside?
(a) Slide
(b) Trip
(c) Laugh
(d) Sneeze

5. What else was in the answer to #102 to help make it seem more realistic?
(a) Dead pigeon
(b) Pillows
(c) Windows
(d) Flyers

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schramm fall to the ground with after his confession?

2. What does Renzo think the German army is going to make Italy pay for?

3. How many children did Klara lose before finally having Adolf?

4. Where have Claudette and Albert been hiding for the last week?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the former life of the Brosslers.

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

3. How does Schramm travel through German checkpoints?

4. When Duno comes looking for Leto Girotti, what do Renzo and Osvaldo tell Duno to do?

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

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

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

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

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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