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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1946 - 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What name does Useppe utter, when he has a strange flash of memory?
(a) Bella.
(b) Ninuzzu.
(c) Carulina.
(d) Blitz.

4. What happens to Filomena's pet rabbit?
(a) It is eaten.
(b) It dies of starvation.
(c) It is traded for canned food.
(d) It freezes to death.

5. How does Ida react when Nino steals food?
(a) She is angry with him for stealing food when they can afford to buy it.
(b) She gets angry and throws him out of the house.
(c) She refuses to eat it.
(d) She is sad, but realizes that it must be done.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ida find herself missing the Thousand?

2. What special item does Ida buy for Useppe in 1946?

3. How does Useppe try to help Filomena's father?

4. What is the name of Nino's second dog?

5. Where was the Nazi-Fascist Republic of Salo formed in 1943?

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