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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 liberated in 1943, at the cost of 630,000 lives?
(a) Stalingrad.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Leningrad.
(d) Berlin.

2. What is Ida's profession?
(a) Seamstress.
(b) Librarian.
(c) School teacher.
(d) Nurse.

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

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

5. What does Nino do, in 1943, which devastates Ida?
(a) He travels to Germany.
(b) He drops out of school.
(c) He gets a girl pregnant.
(d) He enlists in the military.

Short Answer Questions

1. Italy's colonies in Africa were attacked by what country, in 1941?

2. Ida's parents raised her to be what religion?

3. How does Giuseppe die?

4. Where does Ida stash her life savings during the air raids?

5. Why does Nino ignore the alarms and sirens going off in the city?

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