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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the family servant feel about Nino in 1945?
(a) Both answers are correct.
(b) She is in awe of him.
(c) She is intimidated by him and his reputation.
(d) Neither answer is correct.

2. Who is Ninuccia?
(a) Useppe's imaginary friend.
(b) Ida's niece.
(c) Patrizia's baby.
(d) Nino's half-sister.

3. How does Davide die?
(a) He has a stroke.
(b) He is beaten to death.
(c) He is killed in a robbery.
(d) He overdoses on drugs.

4. Why does Useppe develop an aversion to newspapers, in 1945?
(a) Because the ink rubs off on his hands.
(b) Because of the pictures of tortured and dead people from the concentration camps.
(c) Because his brother despises the press, and newspapers in particular.
(d) Because his mother uses them to try to teach him to read.

5. According to Davide, who was the ultimate anarchist?
(a) Mussolini.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Christ.
(d) Hitler.

6. Why does Nino respect Davide?
(a) For his thinking and philosophizing.
(b) For his courage and bravery.
(c) For his cunning and street-smarts.
(d) For his service to his country and people.

7. Why does Nino move back into Ida's home in 1946?
(a) He is caring for Ida while she is sick.
(b) He has a fight with his landlord.
(c) He can no longer afford to pay his rent.
(d) He is hiding from his enemies.

8. What special item does Ida buy for Useppe in 1946?
(a) A radio.
(b) A new coat.
(c) New boots.
(d) A television.

9. After venturing to the empty Ghetto, Ida dreams of searching for what object?
(a) A ring.
(b) A music box.
(c) A watch.
(d) A shoe.

10. What does Nino tell his girlfriend about his and Useppe's fathers?
(a) His father is a soldier, and Useppe's is a philosopher.
(b) His father is a Sheik, and Useppe's is a Chinese Mandarin.
(c) His father is a philosopher, and Useppe's is a soldier.
(d) His father is Chinese, and Useppe's is a Sheik.

11. Why does Useppe love newspapers?
(a) Because of the way they smell.
(b) Because he can draw on them.
(c) Because they can be made into hats.
(d) Because of all the pictures.

12. Scimo admits, to Useppe, that he escaped from what?
(a) A reformatory.
(b) A sanitarium.
(c) A kidnapping.
(d) A hospital.

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

14. As the result of a group of women holding up a truck, Ida manages to come home with a bag of what?
(a) Meat.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Nuts.
(d) Flour.

15. Which gift symbolizes the bourgeoisie for Davide?
(a) Cufflinks.
(b) A necktie.
(c) A silver spoon.
(d) A red rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Useppe react to the Allied soldiers' arrival in Rome?

2. Which of Useppe's features appears unusual, starting in 1947?

3. Who is Black Hand?

4. What does Ida do, for the first time, in 1946?

5. Why isn't Davide afraid of ghosts?

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