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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Late September 1943.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1938, every city in Italy had to send ten anti-Fascist _________ to jail, which is why the answer to #50 went to jail.
(a) Priests
(b) Men
(c) Jews
(d) Spies

2. How did the Germans trick the Blums in Belgium?
(a) By telling them they were to receive money
(b) By bombing the country
(c) By coming in tanks
(d) By surrendering, at first

3. What does Renzo think the German army is going to make Italy pay for?
(a) The armistice
(b) The war costs
(c) The surrender of Mussolini
(d) The Jewish revolt

4. What does Iacopo admit to Mirella when they return home after Iacopo is released from jail?
(a) He is having an affair
(b) He wants a baby boy
(c) He is too tired to fight anymore
(d) He is not a Jew

5. What does Mirella try to finagle from the public official, Serafino Brizzolari?
(a) Ration cards
(b) A doctor
(c) Books
(d) Alcohol

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the new assistant to the archbishop, as found out in the gossip between Rina and Lidia?

2. Duno feels like a ________ in the mountains, but he knows he will never go back.

3. What will happen to any Jews who do not surrender by the indicated date of September 28, 1943?

4. Who admits that he/she marched in an anti-war demonstration that helped oust Mussolini from power while Renzo was in jail?

5. What is the first name of Renzo's forward thinking mother with whom he lives?

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