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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 physical condition does Ida pretend to have, to cover up her second pregnancy?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Colitis.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Gallstones.

2. Why doesn't Ida tell Nino about her pregnancy?
(a) Because she doesn't think he'll understand.
(b) Because she feels that it is none of his business.
(c) Because she doesn't think he will believe her.
(d) Because she doesn't want to tell him how it happened.

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

4. What does Ida name her second son?
(a) Nino.
(b) Alfio.
(c) Ninuzzu.
(d) Useppe.

5. Where is Gunther from?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Belize.
(c) Dachau.
(d) Bergen-Belsen.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gunther is introduced, he is anticipating a trip to where?

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

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

4. How does Giuseppe die?

5. What health problem plagued Ida as a child?

(see the answer key)

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