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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can be smelled in Chapter 2, when Pino and Mimo get to their family's flat?
(a) Pork roast and garlic.
(b) Spaghetti, meatballs, and sauce.
(c) Lamb and bread.
(d) Chicken and basil.

2. What is Carletto doing when Pino finds him in Chapter 3?
(a) Lugging sacks of dates.
(b) Waiting on customers.
(c) Brewing coffee.
(d) Moving mannequins.

3. In Chapter 7, how many Jews were thrown into Lake Maggiore and then machine-gunned to death?
(a) 35.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 30.

4. In Chapter 4, what happens that has Michele order Pino to go to Casa Alpina?
(a) The German free Mussolini.
(b) The Germans take over Roman.
(c) Their home and shop are destroyed.
(d) The truce is broken.

5. At the end of Chapter 12, who does Alberto Ascari bring a message from for Pino?
(a) Pino's Uncle Albert.
(b) Pino's mother.
(c) Pino's father.
(d) Tqllio Galimberti.

6. In Chapter 6, what time does Pino reach Madesimo on Friday afternoon?
(a) 2 p.m.
(b) 2:30 p.m.
(c) 1 p.m.
(d) 1:30 p.m.

7. In Chapter 12, where do the Jews hid while the Nazis search Casa Alpina?
(a) Storage cellar.
(b) Shepherd's hut.
(c) Trees.
(d) Stable.

8. What does Alberto Ascari tell Pino he wants to be in Chapter 5?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Ship's captain.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Race car driver.

9. Who does General Leyers work under the authority of?
(a) Albert Speer.
(b) Heinrich Himmler.
(c) Hermann Göring.
(d) Joseph Goebbels.

10. How long has Baka been in MIlan when Pino delivers papers to him in Chapter 13?
(a) 16 weeks.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 18 weeks.

11. How many patrols does Pino tell Father Re that he saw on the Splugen Pass road at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

12. In Chapter 13, how long as Pino been at Casa Alpina?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 6 months.

13. By what date was Mussolini's empire crumbling?
(a) May 11, 1943.
(b) February 9, 1942.
(c) March 13, 1942.
(d) June 9, 1943.

14. Why does General Leyers wish to speak with Pino in Chapter 15?
(a) He wants to question Pino.
(b) He wants Pino to tune up his car.
(c) He wants Pino to be his valet.
(d) He wants Pino to be his driver.

15. In Chapter 11, from the time that Pino and Mr. Bergstrom can see Mimo and the D'Angelos, how long does it take them to work down the slope?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) Almost an hour.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) About 2 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, who is the first to walk the catwalk?

2. In Chapter 5, how many hours does Father Re tell Pino that he must study daily Monday through Friday?

3. When did the Italian government make public the country's formal surrender to the Allies?

4. In Chapter 11, when Pino reaches the cairn, how much further do they have to travel to the forest?

5. In Chapter 15, when does Pino begin his new assignment for General Leyers?

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