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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. In Chapter 21, what does Leyers give Pino to drink?

2. How many bottles of wine does Pino get from his uncle in Chapter 22?

3. Who does Cardinal Schuster want to tell Rauff no more atrocities in Chapter 27?

4. With whom does Leyers have a four-hours meeting with in Chapter 17?

5. On December 22, 1944, how long does Pino have to wait at the Swiss border for Leyers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the situation in Milan in Chapter 25?

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

3. In Chapter 21, what does Pino observe as he drives General Leyers all over northern Italy?

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

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

6. In Chapter 24, who does Leyers rescue from a train bound for Auschwitz, and where are the rescued taken?

7. In Chapter 28, how does Pino arrest General Leyers?

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

9. In Chapter 22, what does General Leyers do to relieve the suffering of the German soldiers along the Gothic Line?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Many of the Jews Pino sees hauled away by train are being sent to Auschwitz. What do Pino and his family learn about Auschwitz? What does Auschwitz reveal about the atrocities of the Germans?

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