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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. What did Ida's mother, Nora, change about her name?
(a) The accent mark.
(b) The number of letters in her name.
(c) The spelling.
(d) The hyphen.

2. Ida meets another Giuseppe in 1943, and his profession is what?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Marble cutter.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Soldier.

3. What does a stranger tell Useppe about Blitz, after their building is bombed?
(a) Blitz has turned into a white dove.
(b) Blitz may still be stuck in the rubble.
(c) Blitz was not in the building when it was bombed.
(d) Blitz has disappeared, and no one knows where he is.

4. What city was liberated in 1943, at the cost of 630,000 lives?
(a) Stalingrad.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Leningrad.
(d) Hong Kong.

5. How do the workers and patrons at Remo's treat Gunther?
(a) With distrust and fear.
(b) With unenthusiastic courtesy.
(c) With genuine hospitality.
(d) With hatred and violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did World War I end?

2. What year is it, in the novel, when Gunther is introduced?

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

4. How does Carlo respond when encouraged to join the armed revolution?

5. Of what nationality is Gunther?

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