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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of one of the men who rob Pino and others at a party at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Dano.
(b) Louis.
(c) Tito.
(d) Roberto.

2. In Chapter 8, how many minutes is Pino up and dressed before Father Re comes to wake him?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

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

4. In Chapter 8, who does Father Re say that Barbareschi helped to escape before Pino came from Milan?
(a) A couple with their son.
(b) A couple with their daughter.
(c) A couple and five children.
(d) 4 men and 2 women.

5. In Chapter 11, when Pino reaches the cairn, how much further do they have to travel to the forest?
(a) 6 kilometers.
(b) 4 or 5 kilometers.
(c) 7 kilometers.
(d) 3 or 4 kilometers.

6. Where have Porzia and Cicci been living since the bombing started in Milan?
(a) Genoa.
(b) Nice.
(c) Rapallo.
(d) San Marino.

7. At the end of Chapter 11, what does Mrs. Napolitano play for Pino?
(a) The Queen of the Night.
(b) Che gelida manina.
(c) Pour Mon Ame.
(d) None Shall Sleep.

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

9. In Chapter 13, what does the man have that Pino sees searched and then shot by the Nazis?
(a) Encoded papers.
(b) Radio.
(c) Pistol.
(d) Falsified papers.

10. In Chapter 4, when do Allied planes bomb Milan?
(a) Rest of June and July 1943.
(b) September 1943.
(c) May and June 1943.
(d) August 1943.

11. How long has it been since Pino lead Mrs. Napolitano and the D'Angelo family to Switzerland in Chapter 12?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) About 3 months.
(d) Nearly 2 1/2 months.

12. How old is Pino Lella in Chapter 1?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

13. When did the Allies liberate Rome in 1944?
(a) June 5.
(b) May 21.
(c) April 9.
(d) July 31.

14. What is the name of the woman that Pico invites to go to a movie with him at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Maria.
(b) Louisa.
(c) Serena.
(d) Anna.

15. In Chapter 10, who will be going with Mrs. Napolitano when Pimo leads her to Switzerland?
(a) A family with two boys.
(b) A family with two girls.
(c) A family with two girls and a boy.
(d) A family with a boy and a girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what rank is the Gestapo officer in Uncle Albert's store?

2. In Chapter 7, how many Jews were thrown into Lake Maggiore and then machine-gunned to death?

3. In Chapter 13, where are Italian soldiers sent?

4. In Chapter 7, how long has it been since Pino has hiked on the ridge?

5. In Chapter 1, what is the woman carrying that Mino nearly jumps into?

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