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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Conflicting ________ are dropped by the Germans and the Allies, leading to rumors in the area.

2. Battista threatens _______ that he must tell the Germans who killed the five soldiers or he will tell them about his own Communist cousins.

3. Who does Artur almost shoot because he thinks he is an assassin?

4. What does Renzo want Santino to build for a German engineering firm?

5. ____________ was injured and out of commission, and Italy's war was handed off to second-tier generals, both American and German.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Osvaldo now driving a car for?

2. What happens to Simon Henley's plane during the conflict with the German planes?

3. What does Renzo do once he realizes he has no one to live for now that the war is over?

4. What has little Angelo Soncini realized about his position at the boarding school?

5. What are Renzo and Schramm supervising together?

6. Who does Mirella turn away from her property, even though she generally takes in everyone she can?

7. Why does Duno know how to care for the injured?

8. Why has Jakub Landau been caught at the German checkpoint?

9. What makes the German soldiers stop looking through the laundry basket Claudia Cicala is carrying?

10. How does Schramm describe Hitler's stories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In today's world, the idea of resistance to a cause might be seen as terrorism instead of a partisan movement.

Part 1: Describe the actions of the resistance groups in this novel.

Part 2: Are the resistance groups effective in reaching their goals in this novel? Why or why not?

Part 3: Would you describe these resistance movements as terrorism? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of a sin that can not be forgiven seems to make the idea of confession something that is not absolute.

Part 1: Which character is not given forgiveness or absolution for their sins?

Part 2: Why doesn't Tomitz give absolution for these sins?

Part 3: Is it right to not forgive someone who has confessed to their sins?

Essay Topic 3

The area of Italy was a confused one during the war as things seem to be "over" and yet they have really just begun for most of the people.

Part 1: Describe why people think the war in Italy is over. What happened?

Part 2: What really happens with the Germans now that Italy is out of the war?

Part 3: Why do you think this time was so confusing for the Italians? Did this make things easier or harder for the Germans? Why?

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