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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. Who is Alfio?
(a) Giuseppe's brother.
(b) Ida's husband.
(c) Nora's uncle.
(d) Ida's brother-in-law.

2. Why does Ida allow Ninuzzu to have a dog?
(a) Because she is afraid of what he will do if she says no.
(b) Because she thinks it will help his behavioral problems.
(c) Because she feels guilty about her second son.
(d) Because she wants him to stay at home.

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

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

5. Who is Ninuzzu?
(a) Ida's cousin.
(b) Ida's nephew.
(c) Ida's oldest son.
(d) Ida's friend's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did World War I end?

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

3. What nation did Italy and Germany cooperatively attack, in 1941?

4. How does Giuseppe die?

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

(see the answer key)

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