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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1943 - 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ida stash her life savings during the air raids?
(a) In a hole in the wall.
(b) In her mattress.
(c) In her corset.
(d) Behind her stove.

2. How do people feel about the pact between Hitler and Mussolini, in Chapter 3?
(a) Angry.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Pleased.
(d) Apathetic.

3. In Chapter 1, the author briefly discusses the discoveries pertaining to what?
(a) The structure of matter.
(b) Politics and sociology.
(c) The workings of the human brain.
(d) The art of war.

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

5. The period from 1900 to 1905 marked the beginning of what?
(a) The Geneva Convention.
(b) World War I.
(c) The atomic century.
(d) The United Nations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the Italian leader, appointed by the King, in 1943?

3. What does Ida begin doing when the air raid alarms go off, in 1943?

4. What country was abandoned by its King and government leaders in 1943?

5. What physical condition does Ida pretend to have, to cover up her second pregnancy?

(see the answer key)

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