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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Rosella?
(a) Useppe's dog.
(b) Nino's girlfriend.
(c) Giuseppe's cat.
(d) Ida's friend.

2. How old is Ninuzzu in Chapter 3?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

3. How many siblings does Ida have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) None.
(d) 2.

4. What year is it, in the novel, when Gunther is introduced?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1932.

5. When Gunther is introduced, he is anticipating a trip to where?
(a) Germany.
(b) Bavaria.
(c) Africa.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Nino lose in 1942?

2. What happened to Rome during the bombing of Italian cities, as of 1943?

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

4. What physical condition does Ida pretend to have, to cover up her second pregnancy?

5. What object does the German soldier give to Ida?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nino quit school?

2. How do Nino and Ida react to the air raid sirens in Rome, beginning in 1941?

3. What health problem does Ida experience as a child, and how do her parents feel about it?

4. How does Italy's government change in 1943?

5. What ultimately happens to Ida's parents?

6. Who is Carulina?

7. What is the general worldwide trend in the war, according to the history presented in 1943?

8. Where is Gunther, at the start of the novel, and where is he going?

9. Who is Signora DiSegni?

10. What news does Remo bring Ida, regarding Nino and the other revolutionaries, at the beginning of 1944?

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