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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 brings Ida startling news of atrocities being committed against Jews?
(a) Alfio.
(b) Vilma.
(c) Ninuzzu.
(d) Nino.

2. In what city did the failed assassination attempt against Hitler take place?
(a) Reich.
(b) Belsen.
(c) Dachau.
(d) Berlin.

3. What object does Nino lose in 1942?
(a) His father's tie clip.
(b) His pocketwatch.
(c) Gunther's knife.
(d) His first teddy bear.

4. How does Useppe react to the girl that Nino brings home?
(a) He is angry at Nino.
(b) He is fascinated by her.
(c) He is afraid of her.
(d) He is jealous of the time Nino spends with her.

5. How does Alfio die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Cirrhosis.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Stroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ninuzzu in Chapter 3?

2. What country was devastated by attacks in 1941 as a result of its refusal to ally with Germany?

3. How many women were working in the United States in 1943, as a result of the war?

4. The period from 1900 to 1905 marked the beginning of what?

5. Ida lives as a member of what race, in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What ultimately happens to Ida's parents?

3. How does Nino treat his mother when he is 16?

4. What changes come over Nino, in 1942?

5. What happens between Ida and Gunther?

6. What happens to Blitz when Nino leaves to serve in a battalion?

7. How does the author set the stage for the novel's action, in the first chapter?

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

9. What important object does Nino lose in 1942?

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

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