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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Useppe react to the girl that Nino brings home?
(a) He is afraid of her.
(b) He is jealous of the time Nino spends with her.
(c) He is fascinated by her.
(d) He is angry at Nino.

2. What does the drunken German soldier do to Ida?
(a) Robs her.
(b) Beats her up.
(c) Rapes her.
(d) Reports her.

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

4. In Chapter 1, the author briefly discusses the discoveries pertaining to what?
(a) The structure of matter.
(b) The art of war.
(c) Politics and sociology.
(d) The workings of the human brain.

5. Who is "The Thousand"?
(a) A large group of cats who prowl the alleys at night.
(b) The stars the refugees can see through the ceiling of the shelter.
(c) The cockroaches that live in the shelter.
(d) A large, half-Neapolitan family.

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

7. Who brings Ida startling news of atrocities being committed against Jews?
(a) Vilma.
(b) Alfio.
(c) Nino.
(d) Ninuzzu.

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

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

10. What law outlines the rules regarding Jews reporting their status to the census?
(a) Italian Racial Law.
(b) Racial Separation Law.
(c) Hebrew Reporting Law.
(d) Census Violation Law.

11. What happened to Mussolini in late 1943?
(a) He was overthrown.
(b) He was executed.
(c) He was taken prisoner.
(d) He was arrested.

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

13. Who is Rosella?
(a) Ida's friend.
(b) Nino's girlfriend.
(c) Giuseppe's cat.
(d) Useppe's dog.

14. Where is Gunther from?
(a) Belize.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Dachau.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Carlo Vivaldi often practice?

4. What does Nino decide to do, in 1943?

5. Who is Alfio?

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