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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1943 - 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city was burned to the ground by the Nazis in 1943?
(a) Stalingrad.
(b) Rome.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Belsen.

2. Italy's colonies in Africa were attacked by what country, in 1941?
(a) The United States.
(b) Spain.
(c) Britain.
(d) Germany.

3. What did Ida's mother, Nora, change about her name?
(a) The hyphen.
(b) The number of letters in her name.
(c) The spelling.
(d) The accent mark.

4. How does Alfio die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Cirrhosis.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Cancer.

5. What nation did Italy and Germany cooperatively attack, in 1941?
(a) Russia.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Useppe react to the girl that Nino brings home?

2. What does Ida name her second son?

3. What vice did Ida's father have?

4. What city was liberated in 1943, at the cost of 630,000 lives?

5. What does Nino do, in 1943, which devastates Ida?

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