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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. How many women were working in the United States in 1943, as a result of the war?
(a) 4 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 6 million.

2. Why does Nino ignore the alarms and sirens going off in the city?
(a) Because he thinks they are only drills.
(b) Because he doesn't understand what they mean.
(c) Because he feels sure that Rome is safe.
(d) Because he thinks the stories of what is happening to the Jews are exagerrated.

3. What vice did Ida's father have?
(a) He was a womanizer.
(b) He was perpetually lazy and unemployed.
(c) He was an alcoholic.
(d) He was a gambling addict.

4. Where does Ida go to mingle with Jews?
(a) The slums.
(b) The Boroughs.
(c) The Jewish Quarter.
(d) The Ghetto.

5. What does Nino decide to do, in 1943?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Join a military battalion.
(c) Get married.
(d) Flee to Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ida allow Ninuzzu to have a dog?

2. Where does Nora die?

3. What does Ida do, regarding her deceased mother's Jewish heritage, in Chapter 3?

4. Ida lives as a member of what race, in Chapter 3?

5. What does the drunken German soldier do to Ida?

(see the answer key)

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