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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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 enlisted in the German military.
(d) They were sent to a concentration camp.

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

5. What is Gunther's profession?
(a) Business owner.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Doctor.

6. How does Ninuzzu feel about his baby brother?
(a) Proud.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

7. Where does Nora die?
(a) Fleeing toward the sea.
(b) In a concentration camp.
(c) In the Jewish ghetto.
(d) In her home.

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

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

10. How does Ida react when Nino steals food?
(a) She is angry with him for stealing food when they can afford to buy it.
(b) She refuses to eat it.
(c) She gets angry and throws him out of the house.
(d) She is sad, but realizes that it must be done.

11. 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) Stock up on food and trade goods.
(d) Buy Useppe new clothes.

12. How old is Ninuzzu in Chapter 3?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

13. How does Gunther feel about his upcoming trip?
(a) Excited.
(b) Excited and scared.
(c) Scared.
(d) Apathetic.

14. Why is Ida anxious about seeing Signora DiSegni?
(a) Ida had confessed her Jewish heritage to DiSegni.
(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) DiSegni is now a member of the German army.

15. What problem did the Italian Expeditionary Corps face, in 1942?
(a) Their commander was unskilled and inexperienced.
(b) They were vastly outnumbered by the Germans.
(c) They were inadequately prepared for winter in Russia.
(d) Their weapons and technology were not as advanced as those of the Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps Giuseppe out of the war?

2. In what U.S. city did the first nuclear reactor begin operation, in 1942?

3. What country was invaded by Italy in 1941?

4. In 1943, Italy's leader proclaimed the end of what political system in Italy?

5. What is Useppe's greatest pleasure, as a baby?

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