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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. Who falls at the end of Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 4, when do Allied planes bomb Milan?

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

4. What is the date in Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 14, how many weeks after Pino's parents order him to enlist with the Germans, does Pino find himself a member of the organization Todt?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what is being done at the Duomo, the Basilica di Santa Maria Nascente, the Gothic cathedral in the center of Milan and why?

2. What challenges does Pino have to solve when he is guiding Mrs. Napolitano and the D'Angelo family to Switzerland?

3. In Chapter 2, what excuse does Pino give his mother for being late?

4. Why does Pino's father send for him in Chapter 13?

5. In Chapter 4, what do Pino and his family discover when they return to Milan after sheltering in the countryside?

6. In Chapter 7, how does Pino remember making his ascent the first time?

7. What does Mrs. Napolitano do for Pino when he and Mimo leave her and the others in Switzerland?

8. What happens to Tullio at the end of Chapter 13?

9. In Chapter 12, how are Jews hidden when the Nazis search Casa Alpina?

10. In Chapter 10, what does Pino find at the shepherd's hut?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Leyers seem to have a dual nature? Why is it difficult to understand the type of man he is because of his dual nature?

Essay Topic 2

Pino explodes when he hears his family playing music and having a party when he returns home after a bombing at the movie theater. What has Pino experienced at the movie theater? How has that affected him? Why does he get so angry when he returns home? What is revealed about survival through the incident?

Essay Topic 3

Pino senses that something is different when he leaves Hotel Diana after a party. How does the author use foreshadowing in that and other scenes to create suspense?

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