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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ida able to do, as a result of the money she finds in Eppetondo's mattress?
(a) Stock up on food and trade goods.
(b) Move herself and Useppe to a rented room.
(c) Buy Useppe new clothes.
(d) Pay others to help her with Useppe.

2. What is Ida's profession?
(a) School teacher.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Seamstress.
(d) Librarian.

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

4. What is the name of Nino's girlfriend, in late 1943?
(a) Desdemona.
(b) Maria.
(c) Julia.
(d) Isabella.

5. What country was devastated by attacks in 1941 as a result of its refusal to ally with Germany?
(a) The Czech Republic.
(b) Poland.
(c) Italy.
(d) Yugoslavia.

6. What conference was held for the purposes of "racial planning"?
(a) The Geneva Conference.
(b) The Nazi Conference.
(c) The Aryan Conference.
(d) The Wannsee Conference.

7. As a baby, where does Useppe spend most of his time?
(a) Playing outdoors by himself.
(b) Running errands with his brother.
(c) Isolated in his mother's apartment.
(d) At daycare with other Aryan children.

8. Why is Carlo useless as a fighter?
(a) He drinks too much.
(b) He can't control his temper.
(c) He is afraid of everything.
(d) He doesn't know enough about the techniques.

9. Who arrives with a message for Carlo Vivaldi, during one of his nights at the shelter?
(a) A monk.
(b) A German soldier.
(c) A rabbi.
(d) A police officer.

10. Ida lives as a member of what race, in Chapter 3?
(a) Jew.
(b) German.
(c) Aryan.
(d) Caucasian.

11. Civilians and cities in Europe were destroyed by what types of bombing?
(a) Napalming.
(b) Nuclear bombing.
(c) Carpet bombing.
(d) Firebombing.

12. What object is Carulina's prized possession?
(a) An old gramophone.
(b) An antique hair pin.
(c) Her father's wool coat.
(d) Her mother's locket.

13. Where does Nora die?
(a) In the Jewish ghetto.
(b) In her home.
(c) Fleeing toward the sea.
(d) In a concentration camp.

14. What does a stranger tell Useppe about Blitz, after their building is bombed?
(a) Blitz was not in the building when it was bombed.
(b) Blitz has turned into a white dove.
(c) Blitz has disappeared, and no one knows where he is.
(d) Blitz may still be stuck in the rubble.

15. How does Useppe react to the girl that Nino brings home?
(a) He is fascinated by her.
(b) He is afraid of her.
(c) He is angry at Nino.
(d) He is jealous of the time Nino spends with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carlo do after hearing the message brought to him in the night?

2. Who brings Ida startling news of atrocities being committed against Jews?

3. What is Useppe's greatest pleasure, as a baby?

4. Where does Ida go to mingle with Jews?

5. How many women were working in the United States in 1943, as a result of the war?

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