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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ninuzzu?
(a) Ida's cousin.
(b) Ida's friend's son.
(c) Ida's nephew.
(d) Ida's oldest son.

2. What object does the German soldier give to Ida?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A flower.
(c) A pocketwatch.
(d) A knife.

3. In Chapter 1, the author briefly discusses the discoveries pertaining to what?
(a) The workings of the human brain.
(b) The art of war.
(c) The structure of matter.
(d) Politics and sociology.

4. What did Ida's mother, Nora, change about her name?
(a) The accent mark.
(b) The hyphen.
(c) The number of letters in her name.
(d) The spelling.

5. What country was abandoned by its King and government leaders in 1943?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Poland.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Rome during the bombing of Italian cities, as of 1943?

2. Who was not one of the three world leaders to meet at the summit in Teheran?

3. What rules were created by the new ordinance which went into effect at the end of 1943?

4. How does Gunther feel about his upcoming trip?

5. How does Useppe react to the girl that Nino brings home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important object does Nino lose in 1942?

2. How does Useppe respond when he is left alone by Ida as a baby?

3. Where is Gunther, at the start of the novel, and where is he going?

4. What was the Italian Racial Law?

5. What new ordinance is passed, in 1943, regarding the Jews, and how does it affect Ida?

6. What does Nino do for his little brother when Useppe is very young?

7. In what state is Carlo Vivaldi when he first arrives at the shelter in 1943?

8. How do Nino and Ida react to the air raid sirens in Rome, beginning in 1941?

9. What happens when Gunther goes into Remo's in the first chapter?

10. What happens to Carlo after he leaves the shelter in 1943?

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