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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who murders Santina?
(a) Her customer.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her pimp.

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

3. What does Davide tell Useppe, when Useppe visits Davide at his home for the first time?
(a) Ida doesn't really love Useppe.
(b) Useppe is too young for Davide to associate with him.
(c) Davide feels like he has known Useppe for his entire life.
(d) Useppe is too pretty and happy for this world.

4. Davide becomes addicted to what substance?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Cocaine.

5. How does Useppe respond when the doctor won't let him take the animal out of its cage?
(a) He throws the cage.
(b) He cries.
(c) He kicks the doctor.
(d) He scratches himself.

6. Who is Black Hand?
(a) Davide's nephew.
(b) Bella's uncle.
(c) Filomena's brother.
(d) Nino's cousin.

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

8. From where does Nino send Ida a postcard, in late 1944?
(a) Rome.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Capri.

9. Bella brings Useppe home at what time each day?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Bed time.
(c) Lunch time.
(d) Supper time.

10. 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 Nazi party and the USSR.
(d) The Vatican and the Nazi party.

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

12. Where is Davide Segre's family home?
(a) Mantua.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Rome.
(d) Nice.

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

14. What does Useppe ask his mother not to tell Nino?
(a) That Useppe and Ida are homeless.
(b) That Useppe isn't doing well in school.
(c) That Useppe hates dogs.
(d) That Useppe had a seizure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was not one of the world leaders that met after World War II to define the peace and new boundaries?

2. What does Nino tell his girlfriend about his and Useppe's fathers?

3. Scimo tells Useppe that he is too little to accompany Scimo where?

4. After venturing to the empty Ghetto, Ida dreams of searching for what object?

5. Why does Useppe love newspapers?

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