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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 26, what pass do the Nazis hope to use as an escape route?

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

3. In Chapter 25, where does Mussolini intend to go if the war goes badly?

4. Where does Pino take four young people Leyers rescues from the train in Chapter 24?

5. What is the name of the man who calls himself a slave in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do Pino and Anna do on his day off in Chapter 21?

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

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

Father Re has Pino guide Jews to safety. What does Pino have to do in order to get Jews safely to Switzerland? What do his actions as a guide reveal about responsibility?

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