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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. What does Ida eat, in order to save food for her son?
(a) Bread.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Grass.
(d) Nothing.

2. What is the name of Nino's second dog?
(a) Bella.
(b) Blitz.
(c) Beast.
(d) Belsen.

3. Who is Black Hand?
(a) Bella's uncle.
(b) Davide's nephew.
(c) Filomena's brother.
(d) Nino's cousin.

4. What happens to Bella after Useppe's death?
(a) She is kept by Ida.
(b) She is euthanized.
(c) She becomes a stray.
(d) She is adopted by another family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the result of a group of women holding up a truck, Ida manages to come home with a bag of what?

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

3. Why does Ida allow Useppe to wander freely with Bella?

4. Which American president died in 1945?

5. Which gift symbolizes the bourgeoisie for Davide?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bella save Useppe's life in 1947?

2. How is Nino killed?

3. How does Ida feel about doctors?

4. How does Nino's outlook on life change after the end of the war?

5. How does Useppe die?

6. Who is Scimo?

7. What is Nino's situation, in 1944?

8. Why was Davide alienated from his family?

9. What happens when Ida tries to put Useppe in school?

10. What happens to Ida after Useppe's death?

(see the answer keys)

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