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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. Where is Pino when he sees Tullio shot?

2. In Chapter 28, where is Pino told to go to meet with an American?

3. In Chapter 17, what time does Leyers order Pino to drive him to San Vittore Prison?

4. When Pino takes Leyers to the Swiss border above Lugano in Chapter 23, how long is Leyers gone?

5. In Chapter 26, what pass do the Nazis hope to use as an escape route?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cardinal Schuster ask Mussolini, Wolff, and Leyers to meet with him in Chapter 27?

2. In Chpater 18, why does Leyers say that Colonel Rauff's decision to kill Italians for every German killed is a bad decision?

3. In Chapter 16, what happens when Pino is talking and eating with Carletto?

4. How do Pino and Anna get the radio to Pino's family's apartment in Chapter 22?

5. How does Pino get Gabriella's body to her mother?

6. In Chapter 20, what does Pino have to do to get the Daimler running after they are strafed by a Spitfire?

7. Why do Pino and Mimo fight in Chapter 19?

8. In Chapter 25, what does Pino learn about Auschwitz?

9. How did Anna's father die?

10. What does Leyers say about the advance of the Allies in Chapter 26?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tito pretends to be a partisan. How would you compare Pino and Tito? What is demonstrated about bravery, courage, and cowardice through their interactions?

Essay Topic 2

Pino experiences internal and external conflicts in the novel. What conflicts do Pino and others experience? Are most of the conflicts in the novel internal or external? Are they mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? How does conflict affect plot?

Essay Topic 3

Some Germans want the Italians punished for a bombing that killed German soldiers. Why do some Nazis want to punish the Italians for a bombing? Why does Leyers not recommend punishing the Italians? What unforeseen consequences could occur if the Italians are punished and why would those be detrimental?

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