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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1941 - 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What year is it, in the novel, when Gunther is introduced?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1941.

3. Where does Nora die?
(a) In the Jewish ghetto.
(b) In a concentration camp.
(c) Fleeing toward the sea.
(d) In her home.

4. Who brings Ida startling news of atrocities being committed against Jews?
(a) Ninuzzu.
(b) Vilma.
(c) Nino.
(d) Alfio.

5. Ida lives as a member of what race, in Chapter 3?
(a) Aryan.
(b) German.
(c) Jew.
(d) Caucasian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country was devastated by attacks in 1941 as a result of its refusal to ally with Germany?

2. What health problem plagued Ida as a child?

3. How many casualties were incurred by the end of World War I?

4. Who is not one of the political figures who the Italian Jews feel will protect them, in Chapter 3?

5. Why doesn't Ida tell Nino about her pregnancy?

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