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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 46-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pelagia find it difficult to do while Corelli is in the house?
(a) Not to sing.
(b) To clean quietly.
(c) Not stare at him.
(d) To study.

2. Why do Hector's men stay with him?
(a) He gives them three meals a day.
(b) He has threatened to kill them if they do not.
(c) He has a great vision.
(d) He pays them well.

3. Why are the festivals in the town subdued?
(a) All the young men are gone.
(b) There are no festivals during the Lenten season.
(c) Nothing much happens in the winter.
(d) There have been budget cuts.

4. Which of the following do the villagers NOT bring to the priest as an apology for the strongman's actions?
(a) Wine.
(b) Money.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Food.

5. Troops from which country are stationed near the Italian troops on the mainland opposite the island?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Britain.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Corelli after the dynamite blast?

2. Who is the young fisherman who is wounded when the strongman fires his cannon?

3. Who has replaced thoughts of Francisco in Carlo's mind?

4. Dr. Iannis is a physician on the island of _________________.

5. Which of Pelagia's animals has eaten Dr. Iannis' manuscript?

(see the answer key)

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