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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nino do, in 1943, which devastates Ida?
(a) He travels to Germany.
(b) He gets a girl pregnant.
(c) He enlists in the military.
(d) He drops out of school.

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

3. What conference was held for the purposes of "racial planning"?
(a) The Nazi Conference.
(b) The Wannsee Conference.
(c) The Aryan Conference.
(d) The Geneva Conference.

4. How do people feel about the pact between Hitler and Mussolini, in Chapter 3?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Angry.

5. What was Quattropunto's real name?
(a) Giuseppe.
(b) Lorenzo.
(c) Tristian.
(d) Oreste.

6. Who was not one of the three world leaders to meet at the summit in Teheran?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Churchill.

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

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

9. Who is Alfio?
(a) Giuseppe's brother.
(b) Nora's uncle.
(c) Ida's husband.
(d) Ida's brother-in-law.

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

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

12. What does Ida begin doing when the air raid alarms go off, in 1943?
(a) She runs and hides only if she hears a plane.
(b) She takes Useppe and runs to the basement.
(c) She hides only when they go off at night.
(d) She ignores them, believing nothing will happen.

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

14. What country was devastated by attacks in 1941 as a result of its refusal to ally with Germany?
(a) Poland.
(b) Yugoslavia.
(c) The Czech Republic.
(d) Italy.

15. In 1943, Italy's leader proclaimed the end of what political system in Italy?
(a) Communism.
(b) Oligarchy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Fascism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ida's mother, Nora, change about her name?

2. In what year did World War I end?

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

4. What is Gunther's profession?

5. How old is Ninuzzu in Chapter 3?

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