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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1943-10, 1944 January - December, and 1944-1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alfio die?
(a) Cirrhosis.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Cancer.

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

3. Who is not one of the political figures who the Italian Jews feel will protect them, in Chapter 3?
(a) Their rabbis.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Nixon.
(d) The Pope.

4. What was the cause of death for the patriarch of the family from Genzano?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Liver failure.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Heart attack.

5. What does Nino do, in 1943, which devastates Ida?
(a) He drops out of school.
(b) He gets a girl pregnant.
(c) He enlists in the military.
(d) He travels to Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what nationality is Gunther?

2. When confronted by Nino, Carlo claims to be a proponent of what political philosophy?

3. What happens to the Duce's son-in-law, in January of 1944?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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