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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what political ideology does Remo remain loyal in 1946?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Nazism.
(d) Communism.

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

4. Davide tells Nino that, someday, he wants to do what?
(a) Write a book.
(b) Travel the world.
(c) Own his own home.
(d) Start a business.

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

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

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

8. 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 Chinese, and Useppe's is a Sheik.
(c) His father is a philosopher, and Useppe's is a soldier.
(d) His father is a Sheik, and Useppe's is a Chinese Mandarin.

9. Why does Ida allow Useppe to wander freely with Bella?
(a) She wants to have the time alone.
(b) She feels that their neighborhood is safe enough.
(c) She wants him to be like other boys.
(d) She feels that he is smart enough not to get into trouble.

10. 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.

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

12. Trade union leaders were assassinated, in 1947, in what city?
(a) Rome.
(b) Nice.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Venice.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who murders Santina?

2. Why does Ida put Useppe in kindergarten?

3. A pact was formed, in 1947, between which two entities?

4. What animal does Useppe hear, which he thinks is saying "It's a joke"?

5. How does the family servant feel about Nino in 1945?

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