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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. By what date was Mussolini's empire crumbling?

2. What is the date in Chapter 14?

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

4. In Chapter 9 in early November, who does Pino help escape?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pino become General Leyers driver?

2. At the end of Chapter 15, how and what does Pino learn about the gray men?

3. In Chapter 15, where does Pino see Anna again?

4. What happens to Nicco and his friends in Chapter 9?

5. Who is Alberto Ascari, and what do he and Pino decide to do?

6. What is Mussolini's position by June of 1943?`

7. How does Luigi describe his store in Chapter 8?

8. Where does Pino see a woman he is attracted to in Chapter 1, and what does he ask her?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 10, Mimo falls off a catwalk and disappears. How is the way that chapter ends a cliffhanger? How are cliffhangers used in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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