Chapter 2


1.  Draw a family tree.


2.  What was Margaret like?


3.  The winter 1817 was hard winter? Describe the situation.


4.  Can you find synonyms to these words in the text?

Die, childhood, withdraw, injured seriously, feel sorrow, forced to, small kingdoms, handle,
changeless, cripple
















5.  Rewrite the events in chronological order.

Years: 1805, 1812,1813,1815, 1817, 1870


a) Italy was again divided into kinglets.

b)The Emperor made all Italy one.

c) Francesco Bosco married Margaret.

d)Francesco Bosco died of pneumonia.

e) John Bosco was born.

f)   Neighbour went to market to buy food.

g) Joseph Bosco was born.

h)Margaret killed a calf.

i)   Napoleon was finally defeated.

j)   Famine threatened, farmers were disappearing.

k)Napoleon’s tyrannical shadow had darkened the sunny Italian skies.

l)   Ten thousands of Italians obeyed willingly his call to arms.

m)                   25, 000 perished in the bitter cold at Moscow.

n)Francesco Bosco widowed one son Anthony.

o)Womenfolk were forced to sing every Sunday at Mass, “God save our Emperor Napoleon!”

p)The subsequent Council of Vienna ended the Italian unity.

q)After the atmosphere of constant political disorder all the slices were made one pie again.