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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. In what year are Jews excluded from business and employment?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1942.

2. Civilians and cities in Europe were destroyed by what types of bombing?
(a) Napalming.
(b) Firebombing.
(c) Carpet bombing.
(d) Nuclear bombing.

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

4. How many siblings does Ida have?
(a) 2.
(b) None.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. Who is Rosella?
(a) Ida's friend.
(b) Nino's girlfriend.
(c) Useppe's dog.
(d) Giuseppe's cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does Useppe experience as a small child?

2. In late 1943, all young men in Rome were in danger of what?

3. What was Quattropunto's real name?

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

5. What does Nino promise to Useppe, but fails to deliver?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What ultimately happens to Ida's parents?

3. Who is Signora DiSegni?

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

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

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

7. How does Ida respond to the air raid sirens, beginning in 1943?

8. What was the Italian Racial Law?

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

10. What is Carlo's stance on violence and politics, in 1943?

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