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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Italian soldiers do as they pass by Pelagia?
(a) Make funny faces.
(b) Pretend they don't see her.
(c) Sing very loudly.
(d) Whistle at her.

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

3. What nationality is Carlo Piero Guercio?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Italian.
(c) Portugese.
(d) Greek.

4. Who is the Prime Minister of Greece?
(a) Adidas.
(b) Yohannes.
(c) Maximos.
(d) Metaxas.

5. What makes Pelagia's opinion of Captain Corelli soften a little bit?
(a) She sees him walking and talking with her father.
(b) She sees him playing with a little girl named Lemoni.
(c) She sees his rescue a kitten from a tree.
(d) She sees him singing and playing his mandolin for some children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dr. Iannis struggles to write a book about ___________________.

3. Why does Pelagia leave Corelli at the table?

4. Mandras has periods of ______________________ upon his return home.

5. When Mandras is well, he tells Pelagia that he is going to _________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the unlikely friendship between Gunter Weber and Captain Corelli begin?

2. What is the content of the message delivered from Mussolini to the Prime Minister of Greece in Chapter 14?

3. Who is Stamatis and what unusual request does he make of Dr. Iannis?

4. Describe Mandras' experience at war and his struggle to return home to Pelagia.

5. What decision does Mandras make after his recovery that upsets Pelagia?

6. What is the setting of the book, and who are the main characters introduced in the first few chapters?

7. Why does Pelagia not recognize Mandras at first when he returns home?

8. What does Pelagia think is the reason for Mandras' not sending her any letters, and what is the real reason for his lack of communication?

9. In what ways does Pelagia care for Mandras when he returns from the fighting?

10. How does Dr. Iannnis realize that an attraction is forming between Pelagia and Corelli?

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