3. Nino is very proud of what possession in 1946?
(a) A motorcycle.
(b) A nice car.
(c) An expensive radio.
(d) A color television.

4. Which is NOT a newly-changed characteristic of Nino, when he visits Ida in 1944?
(a) He is no longer working with the revolutionaries.
(b) He enjoys the admiration of all those around him.
(c) He is in a good humor.
(d) He is well-dressed.

5. What does Useppe wonder about Nino, during one of his night terrors?
(a) If Nino is dead.
(b) If Nino has gone to America without him.
(c) If Nino still has his dog.
(d) If Nino is sick.

6. Scimo tells Useppe that he is too little to accompany Scimo where?
(a) To a brothel.
(b) On a ship.
(c) To the store.
(d) To the movies.

7. What is the cause of Nino's death?
(a) A bar fight.
(b) A drug overdose.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A gunshot wound.

8. A pact was formed, in 1947, between which two entities?
(a) The Fascist Italian regime and the Vatican.
(b) The USSR and the Fascist Italian regime.
(c) The Vatican and the Nazi party.
(d) The Nazi party and the USSR.

9. Ida imagines that Nino is angry with her, after his death, for what?
(a) Not protecting him.
(b) Not stopping him from his illicit activities.
(c) Giving birth to him.
(d) Not taking better care of Useppe.

10. Which American president died in 1945?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Carter.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Roosevelt.

11. Why doesn't Ida attend Nino's funeral?
(a) She doesn't want to remember him that way.
(b) She doesn't want to see the other people he associated himself with.
(c) She is afraid she cannot handle it emotionally.
(d) She is so confused that she doesn't know when or where it takes place.

12. How many of the thousand Jews who left Tiburtina returned in 1945?
(a) Forty-seven.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) A hundred.
(d) Twenty-six.

13. How old is Scimo?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

14. What happened to Hitler, at the end of World War II?
(a) He was assassinated.
(b) He was taken prisoner.
(c) He committed suicide.
(d) He fled and was not found for years.

15. Why does the doctor feel, in the last chapter, that neither Useppe nor Ida has long to live?
(a) He knew that they both had terminal illnesses.
(b) He knew that the German army was advancing their way.
(c) He saw how weak and malnourished they were.
(d) He saw the goodbyes in their eyes.