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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1946 - 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ida anxious about seeing Signora DiSegni?
(a) DiSegni is now a member of the German army.
(b) DiSegni had threatened to get Useppe taken away from Ida.
(c) Ida had confessed her Jewish heritage to DiSegni.
(d) DiSegni has the power to get Ida a job, and help her keep it.

2. How does Useppe try to help Filomena's father?
(a) By fluffing his pillows.
(b) By bringing him extra food.
(c) By giving him wine.
(d) By keeping him warm.

3. What name does Useppe utter, when he has a strange flash of memory?
(a) Blitz.
(b) Bella.
(c) Ninuzzu.
(d) Carulina.

4. What is Filomena's profession?
(a) Cobbler.
(b) Carver.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Seamstress.

5. Who was the Italian leader, appointed by the King, in 1943?
(a) Badoglio.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Il Duce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nino promise to Useppe, but fails to deliver?

2. From what medical condition does Useppe begin to suffer in 1946?

3. What city was liberated in 1943, at the cost of 630,000 lives?

4. Why does Ida put Useppe in kindergarten?

5. How does Useppe react to the girl that Nino brings home?

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