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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Ida's mother, Nora, change about her name?
(a) The spelling.
(b) The hyphen.
(c) The accent mark.
(d) The number of letters in her name.

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

6. What nation did Italy and Germany cooperatively attack, in 1941?
(a) Russia.
(b) Britain.
(c) France.
(d) The United States.

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

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

9. Gandhi was arrested by troops from what nation, in 1942?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) The United States.
(d) Britain.

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

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

12. Where does Ida stash her life savings during the air raids?
(a) In a hole in the wall.
(b) In her corset.
(c) Behind her stove.
(d) In her mattress.

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

14. What was the cause of death for the patriarch of the family from Genzano?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Liver failure.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Heart attack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What vice did Ida's father have?

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

3. What object does the German soldier give to Ida?

4. In what year are Jews excluded from business and employment?

5. Who is Rosella?

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