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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year are Jews excluded from business and employment?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1940.

2. In what U.S. city did the first nuclear reactor begin operation, in 1942?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

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

4. What does Ida name her second son?
(a) Nino.
(b) Alfio.
(c) Useppe.
(d) Ninuzzu.

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

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

7. How does Useppe react to seeing the cattle cars full of people?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He doesn't react at all.
(c) He cries.
(d) He is horrified.

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

9. In what city did the failed assassination attempt against Hitler take place?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Belsen.
(c) Dachau.
(d) Reich.

10. What is changing about Nino's behavior, in 1942?
(a) He is working as many hours as he can to stay away from home.
(b) He is becoming more militant.
(c) He is refusing to go to school or work.
(d) He is visiting his mother and brother more often.

11. Where does Ida go to mingle with Jews?
(a) The Jewish Quarter.
(b) The Boroughs.
(c) The Ghetto.
(d) The slums.

12. How many women were working in the United States in 1943, as a result of the war?
(a) 6 million.
(b) 8 million.
(c) 4 million.
(d) 2 million.

13. Why was Carlo originally arrested by the Germans?
(a) For distributing political propaganda.
(b) For staying out past the government-imposed curfew.
(c) For helping Italian Jews to hide from the Nazis.
(d) For being part-Jewish.

14. What health problem plagued Ida as a child?
(a) Fevers.
(b) Seizures.
(c) Migraines.
(d) Ear infections.

15. What can Nino do, which Ida cannot?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Sing.
(c) Travel freely in the city.
(d) Get a job.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does a stranger tell Useppe about Blitz, after their building is bombed?

3. Chiang Kai-Shek was made the commander of Allied troops in what country, in 1942?

4. What happened to Carlo's family, which made him suddenly so angry and violent?

5. What problem did the Italian Expeditionary Corps face, in 1942?

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