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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. How does Gunther feel about his upcoming trip?
(a) Scared.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Excited and scared.
(d) Excited.

2. What country was devastated by attacks in 1941 as a result of its refusal to ally with Germany?
(a) Poland.
(b) Italy.
(c) The Czech Republic.
(d) Yugoslavia.

3. Who was not one of the three world leaders to meet at the summit in Teheran?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Churchill.

4. How old is Ninuzzu in Chapter 3?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

5. Why is Ida anxious about seeing Signora DiSegni?
(a) DiSegni has the power to get Ida a job, and help her keep it.
(b) DiSegni is now a member of the German army.
(c) Ida had confessed her Jewish heritage to DiSegni.
(d) DiSegni had threatened to get Useppe taken away from Ida.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ida begin doing when the air raid alarms go off, in 1943?

2. Where is Gunther from?

3. Who is Ninuzzu?

4. How old is Ida Mancuso when she is introduced?

5. Why doesn't Ida tell Nino about her pregnancy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Remo bring Ida, regarding Nino and the other revolutionaries, at the beginning of 1944?

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

3. What changes come over Nino, in 1942?

4. How does Ida and Useppe's living situation change in 1944?

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

6. What does Carlo tell Nino about his past, when they first meet?

7. What was the situation of the Jews in 1938?

8. What was the Italian Racial Law?

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

10. What important object does Nino lose in 1942?

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