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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purposes did Germans overtake some of the buildings in Rome?
(a) To house the troops.
(b) To turn them into torture chambers.
(c) To store supplies in them.
(d) To quarantine the Jews.

2. What does Ida eat, in order to save food for her son?
(a) Bugs.
(b) Bread.
(c) Grass.
(d) Nothing.

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

4. What happens to Bella after Useppe's death?
(a) She is kept by Ida.
(b) She is euthanized.
(c) She becomes a stray.
(d) She is adopted by another family.

5. Why isn't Davide afraid of ghosts?
(a) Because they don't answer, even when they are called.
(b) Because he believes that they cannot harm him, as his faith protects him.
(c) Because he doesn't believe in them.
(d) Because he talks to them regularly.

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

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

8. What item do Ida and Useppe acquire in 1947?
(a) A house.
(b) A radio.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A television.

9. Why doesn't Davide drink the wine Useppe brings to him?
(a) Because he is high on drugs and can't mix the two.
(b) Because he is allergic to grapes.
(c) Because wine gives him a headache.
(d) Because he is already drunk.

10. What name does Useppe utter, when he has a strange flash of memory?
(a) Blitz.
(b) Ninuzzu.
(c) Bella.
(d) Carulina.

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

12. How does Bella save Useppe's life?
(a) She brings him his medicine.
(b) She keeps him from drowning.
(c) She attacks a would-be kidnapper.
(d) She pulls him from a burning building.

13. Davide Segre is the real name of which member of the revolutionary band?
(a) Ace of Hearts.
(b) Pyotr.
(c) Quattro.
(d) Moscow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Davide Segre's family home?

2. What is the name of Nino's second dog?

3. How does Useppe react when Nino is with his girlfriend under the tree?

4. What is the cause of Nino's death?

5. What does Useppe wonder about Nino, during one of his night terrors?

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