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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which American president took over in 1945?
(a) Truman.
(b) Carter.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Roosevelt.

2. How does Useppe react to the Allied soldiers' arrival in Rome?
(a) With apprehension.
(b) With sadness.
(c) With fright.
(d) With delight.

3. Where was Segre's family killed during the war?
(a) Dachau.
(b) Auschwitz-Manowitz.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Auschwitz-Birkenau.

4. Why does Ida put Useppe in kindergarten?
(a) Because he doesn't seem ready for first grade.
(b) Because she feels that he needs social interaction.
(c) Because she doesn't want him to fall behind academically.
(d) Because she can't afford daycare.

5. Who is Ninuccia?
(a) Patrizia's baby.
(b) Ida's niece.
(c) Nino's half-sister.
(d) Useppe's imaginary friend.

6. What does Davide recall about the face of the man he killed?
(a) It was childlike.
(b) It was agonized.
(c) It was peaceful.
(d) It was surprised.

7. How does Davide die?
(a) He overdoses on drugs.
(b) He is beaten to death.
(c) He is killed in a robbery.
(d) He has a stroke.

8. Trade union leaders were assassinated, in 1947, in what city?
(a) Nice.
(b) Venice.
(c) Rome.
(d) Sicily.

9. How does Useppe react when Nino is with his girlfriend under the tree?
(a) He asks a lot of questions about what they're doing.
(b) He thinks it is funny, and wants to watch.
(c) He becomes distraught.
(d) He is not phased, as he is used to it.

10. Why does the doctor feel, in the last chapter, that neither Useppe nor Ida has long to live?
(a) He saw how weak and malnourished they were.
(b) He saw the goodbyes in their eyes.
(c) He knew that they both had terminal illnesses.
(d) He knew that the German army was advancing their way.

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

12. What does Davide tell Useppe, when Useppe visits Davide at his home for the first time?
(a) Useppe is too pretty and happy for this world.
(b) Useppe is too young for Davide to associate with him.
(c) Ida doesn't really love Useppe.
(d) Davide feels like he has known Useppe for his entire life.

13. What is the cause of Nino's death?
(a) A gunshot wound.
(b) A drug overdose.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A bar fight.

14. Bella brings Useppe home at what time each day?
(a) Bed time.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Lunch time.
(d) Supper time.

15. What item do Ida and Useppe acquire in 1947?
(a) A telephone.
(b) A radio.
(c) A house.
(d) A television.

Short Answer Questions

1. The trial in Nuremberg ended with how many death sentences for war criminals?

2. Where is Davide Segre's family home?

3. How does Useppe respond when the doctor won't let him take the animal out of its cage?

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

5. How does Bella save Useppe's life?

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