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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 56-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Pelagia startled when she arrives home one day?
(a) A horse has wandered inside.
(b) There are quarantine signs posted.
(c) A crazed-looking man is sitting there.
(d) The door is bolted shut.

2. What is distressing for Pelagia after Mandras goes to war?
(a) He has been very ill.
(b) He has been injured in battle.
(c) He is a prisoner of war.
(d) He does not respond to her letters.

3. What reason does Gunter Weber give his commanding officer for not wanting to carry out the order in #133?
(a) He does not have the support team to do it.
(b) He is not qualified to be in charge.
(c) It is against war conventions to kill prisoners of war.
(d) It is against his religion.

4. Hector reads to the men from a book by ________________ while sitting around the campfire.
(a) Lenin.
(b) Homer.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Dickens.

5. How do the Germans try to get rid of the dead bodies?
(a) They bury them in a mass grave.
(b) They set fire to them.
(c) They bury them at sea.
(d) They order the villagers to bury them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Weber's commander's response when Weber does not want to carry out the order?

2. Pelagia realizes that Carlo and her father are responsible for writing and distributing _____________________.

3. What does Corelli say about kissing Pelagia?

4. How does Dr. Iannis try to pull Pelagia out of her depression of missing Mandras?

5. What does Pelagia give to Corelli when he wakes up with a hangover?

(see the answer key)

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