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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ida give Nino, which is a symbol of freedom to him?
(a) His own car.
(b) His own key to the house.
(c) Permission to get a job.
(d) A brochure for a new school.

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

3. What happened to Carlo's family, which made him suddenly so angry and violent?
(a) They were deported.
(b) They were killed.
(c) They were sent to a concentration camp.
(d) They were enlisted in the German military.

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

5. In early 1944, what news does Ida get regarding Nino and Carlo?
(a) They are fine, but no longer in the area.
(b) They have been killed.
(c) No one has heard from them, and their fate is unknown.
(d) They are fine, and still nearby.

6. What country was invaded by Italy in 1941?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) Greece.
(d) Poland.

7. When Gunther is introduced, he is anticipating a trip to where?
(a) Africa.
(b) Italy.
(c) Bavaria.
(d) Germany.

8. What does Ida do, regarding her deceased mother's Jewish heritage, in Chapter 3?
(a) Tries to prevent anyone finding out about it.
(b) Tells only her husband, and begs him not to report it.
(c) Tells everyone she knows, and refuses to hide it.
(d) Reports it to Italian authorities.

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

10. Why is Ida anxious about seeing Signora DiSegni?
(a) DiSegni is now a member of the German army.
(b) DiSegni has the power to get Ida a job, and help her keep it.
(c) DiSegni had threatened to get Useppe taken away from Ida.
(d) Ida had confessed her Jewish heritage to DiSegni.

11. How does Carlo respond when encouraged to join the armed revolution?
(a) He politely declines without stating his reasons.
(b) He gets excited, and decides to join them.
(c) He states that violence is against his ideals.
(d) He quietly and composedly agrees to go with them.

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

13. Ida's parents raised her to be what religion?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Jewish.

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

15. Civilians and cities in Europe were destroyed by what types of bombing?
(a) Firebombing.
(b) Napalming.
(c) Carpet bombing.
(d) Nuclear bombing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the workers and patrons at Remo's treat Gunther?

2. As a baby, where does Useppe spend most of his time?

3. What does the drunken German soldier do to Ida?

4. How many siblings does Ida have?

5. What vice did Ida's father have?

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