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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of tie is Uncle Albert wearing in Chapter 2?
(a) Blue and burgundy.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Yellow stripe.
(d) Blue-polka dot.

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

3. What is the name of the Nazi officer coming to Casa Alpina in Chapter 12?
(a) Lieutenant Franz Stangel.
(b) Colonel Paul Blobel.
(c) Lieutenant Josef Kramer.
(d) Colonel Rauff.

4. Who is arrested at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Michele.
(b) Carletto.
(c) Tullio.
(d) Uncle Albert.

5. In Chapter 12, how many days rations does Father Re give Tito and his men?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

6. How many meters of digging does Mimo think they have after they are buried by an avalanche in Chapter 11?
(a) 4 1/2 meters.
(b) About 4 meters.
(c) 6 1/2 meters.
(d) At least 3 meters.

7. In Chapter 8, what is Luigi's occupation?
(a) Banker.
(b) Cigar trader.
(c) Silk trader.
(d) Lawyer.

8. 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) Anna.
(c) Louisa.
(d) Serena.

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

10. Who are the actors in the movie Pino and Mimo go to see in Chapter 2?
(a) Bette Davis and Paul Lukas.
(b) Gary Cooper and Ingrid Berman.
(c) Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire.
(d) Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

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

12. What is for dessert the first evening Pino is at Casa Alpina?
(a) Biscotti.
(b) Tiramisu.
(c) Gelato.
(d) Strudel.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, who will be going with Mrs. Napolitano when Pimo leads her to Switzerland?

2. In Chapter 8, who does Father Re say that Barbareschi helped to escape before Pino came from Milan?

3. At the end of Chapter 12, who does Alberto Ascari bring a message from for Pino?

4. How many patrols does Pino tell Father Re that he saw on the Splugen Pass road at the end of Chapter 6?

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

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