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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Useppe's greatest pleasure, as a baby?
(a) Playing with his favorite toy.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Going outside.
(d) Seeing his big brother.

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

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

4. What name does Carlo Vivaldi assume, once he becomes a revolutionary?
(a) Pieter.
(b) Ace of Hearts.
(c) Pyotr.
(d) Steele.

5. In what year did World War I begin?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1905.

6. Who was the Italian leader, appointed by the King, in 1943?
(a) Il Duce.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Badoglio.

7. What happens to Filomena's pet rabbit?
(a) It dies of starvation.
(b) It freezes to death.
(c) It is traded for canned food.
(d) It is eaten.

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

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

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

11. How does Useppe try to help Filomena's father?
(a) By keeping him warm.
(b) By giving him wine.
(c) By fluffing his pillows.
(d) By bringing him extra food.

12. What happens to the Duce's son-in-law, in January of 1944?
(a) He is executed.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He flees the country.
(d) He is taken prisoner.

13. What is Filomena's profession?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Cobbler.
(d) Carver.

14. What is Ida able to do, as a result of the money she finds in Eppetondo's mattress?
(a) Pay others to help her with Useppe.
(b) Move herself and Useppe to a rented room.
(c) Buy Useppe new clothes.
(d) Stock up on food and trade goods.

15. What keeps Giuseppe out of the war?
(a) His political beliefs.
(b) His bad leg.
(c) His age.
(d) His family situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year are Jews excluded from business and employment?

2. In early 1944, what news does Ida get regarding Nino and Carlo?

3. What does Nino do, in 1943, which devastates Ida?

4. What law outlines the rules regarding Jews reporting their status to the census?

5. Civilians and cities in Europe were destroyed by what types of bombing?

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