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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. When Mimo returns in Chapter 23, where does he have a scar?

2. In Chapter 18, where does Leyers take Dolly while Pino stays with Anna?

3. Where are the children and people being taken from Platform 21 in Chapter 21?

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

5. What does Anna want Pino to wear when she takes a picture of him in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. How did Anna's father die?

6. What does Father Re tell Pino when he comes to see him in Chapter 24?

7. Why does Leyers speak with Cardinal Schuster in Chapter 17?

8. In Chapter 26, what message does Pino leave to be transmitted to the Allies?

9. How does Leyers get the manager of the Fiat factory to continue working in Chapter 19?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mark Sullivan learned about Pino Lella at a dinner party. Why did Sullivan want to write the story? How did the story save Sullivan’s life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is the point of view of the novel, and how does the viewpoint affect the story?

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