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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is not a condition from which Useppe is suffering in 1946?
(a) He has an intestinal parasite.
(b) He is pale and weak.
(c) He is small for his age.
(d) He wakes up every night with nightmares.

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

3. Due to widespread hunger, Ida's paycheck is no longer enough to buy what basic food item?
(a) Crackers.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Olive oil.
(d) Pepper.

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

5. Which of Useppe's features appears unusual, starting in 1947?
(a) His lips.
(b) His hair.
(c) His mouth.
(d) His eyes.

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

7. Where was Segre's family killed during the war?
(a) Auschwitz-Manowitz.
(b) Bergen-Belsen.
(c) Dachau.
(d) Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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

9. Where does Ida spend the last nine years of her life?
(a) In a nursing home.
(b) With a relative.
(c) In an asylum.
(d) In her apartment.

10. Which American president took over in 1945?
(a) Truman.
(b) Carter.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Kennedy.

11. What does Ida do, for the first time, in 1946?
(a) She votes.
(b) She leaves Rome.
(c) She goes to a bar.
(d) She celebrates Christmas.

12. 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 the ink rubs off on his hands.
(c) Because his brother despises the press, and newspapers in particular.
(d) Because his mother uses them to try to teach him to read.

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

14. Where does Davide deliver his lecture in 1947?
(a) His home.
(b) A college.
(c) A tavern.
(d) A military barracks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what political ideology does Remo remain loyal in 1946?

2. Bella brings Useppe home at what time each day?

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

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

5. What special item does Ida buy for Useppe in 1946?

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