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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1946 History, 1946 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rules were created by the new ordinance which went into effect at the end of 1943?
(a) Jews could no longer have jobs or transact business in Italy.
(b) Jewish possessions could be confiscated and divided among victims of air raids.
(c) Any and all Jews found in the vicinity of Rome would be immediately deported.
(d) All food would be rationed, and could no longer be bought.

2. Ida gets a job, in 1944, teaching Italian to soldiers from what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) South Africa.
(c) The United States.
(d) Germany.

3. After venturing to the empty Ghetto, Ida dreams of searching for what object?
(a) A watch.
(b) A music box.
(c) A ring.
(d) A shoe.

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

5. How many of the thousand Jews who left Tiburtina returned in 1945?
(a) A hundred.
(b) Forty-seven.
(c) Twenty-six.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nino is very proud of what possession in 1946?

2. Why does Useppe develop an aversion to newspapers, in 1945?

3. What year is it, in the novel, when Gunther is introduced?

4. How does Giuseppe die?

5. In early 1944, what news does Ida get regarding Nino and Carlo?

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