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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 does Dr. Iannis remind Pelagia of when speaking about her attraction to Corelli?
(a) She is too young to get married.
(b) She wanted to become a doctor.
(c) She is still engaged to Mandras.
(d) His health is very frail.

2. What does Pelagia do to Corelli when they pass in the doorway one day?
(a) Locks him out of the house.
(b) Kisses him on the cheek.
(c) Ignores him.
(d) Give him his mail.

3. What does Corelli plan to use to get ride of the item in #101?
(a) Sack.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) Car.
(d) Trailer.

4. Corelli plays on a _______________ team which won its match yesterday.
(a) soccer.
(b) football.
(c) rugby.
(d) tennis.

5. What city do the Germans bomb?
(a) Theopolis.
(b) Kokopelli.
(c) Argostoli.
(d) Argus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of business does Antonia open?

2. How does Corelli leave the island?

3. What happens to Corelli after the dynamite blast?

4. Who especially welcomes the priest's dramatic preaching?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Iannis suggest that the villagers eat when food becomes scarce on the island?

2. What does Corelli do on his last day on the island and how does he ultimately leave?

3. Who does Antonia marry and what does she ultimately name the child she will have many years later?

4. What are some of the topics that Corelli and Weber talk about when they meet for the singing group?

5. Why is Pelagia filled with sorrow even though Corelli has survived the attempted execution by the Germans?

6. What is the episode named in the title of Chapter 37, "An Episode Confirming Pelagia's Belief That Men Do Not Know the Difference Between Bravery and a Lack of Common Sense"?

7. How does Captain Corelli punish the two soldiers who steal chickens from Kokolis?

8. In what ways has the war transformed the priest, Father Arsenios?

9. How has General Grandin put his men in jeopardy by believing the promises of the Germans?

10. Why are the Italian officers unhappy with their commander, General Grandin?

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