The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican: Reading Answers and Location Guide

• A third-party IELTS practice book (e.g., Kaplan, Barron’s, Magoosh, or online test banks)
• A reading exercise about Hugh O’Flaherty (an Irish priest who saved Jews and POWs in WWII Rome — he was called “The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican”)

The escape was a masterpiece of planning and luck. O'Flaherty had arranged for a series of safe houses and clandestine routes, each one a vital link in the chain of survival. They moved through the city under the cover of darkness, their hearts pounding in their chests.

“By the liberation of Rome in June 1944, the Rome Escape Line had saved an estimated 6,500 people from capture or deportation.”