View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1943 - 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nino promise to Useppe, but fails to deliver?
(a) A bigger, better house.
(b) A fancy meal.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) New clothes.

2. How does Alfio die?
(a) Cirrhosis.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Stroke.

3. What does Ida do, regarding her deceased mother's Jewish heritage, in Chapter 3?
(a) Tells only her husband, and begs him not to report it.
(b) Tells everyone she knows, and refuses to hide it.
(c) Tries to prevent anyone finding out about it.
(d) Reports it to Italian authorities.

4. Ida's parents raised her to be what religion?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Baptist.

5. What physical condition does Ida pretend to have, to cover up her second pregnancy?
(a) Colitis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Gallstones.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1943, Italy's leader proclaimed the end of what political system in Italy?

2. What keeps Giuseppe out of the war?

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

4. What law outlines the rules regarding Jews reporting their status to the census?

5. What does the drunken German soldier do to Ida?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 218 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample