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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. What city was liberated in 1943, at the cost of 630,000 lives?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Stalingrad.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Leningrad.
2. Ida lives as a member of what race, in Chapter 3?
(a) Caucasian.
(b) German.
(c) Aryan.
(d) Jew.
3. Civilians and cities in Europe were destroyed by what types of bombing?
(a) Nuclear bombing.
(b) Firebombing.
(c) Napalming.
(d) Carpet bombing.
4. What does a stranger tell Useppe about Blitz, after their building is bombed?
(a) Blitz may still be stuck in the rubble.
(b) Blitz has disappeared, and no one knows where he is.
(c) Blitz was not in the building when it was bombed.
(d) Blitz has turned into a white dove.
5. Who brings Ida startling news of atrocities being committed against Jews?
(a) Alfio.
(b) Nino.
(c) Ninuzzu.
(d) Vilma.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 1, the author briefly discusses the discoveries pertaining to what?
2. What law outlines the rules regarding Jews reporting their status to the census?
3. What happened to Carlo's family, which made him suddenly so angry and violent?
4. Nino's friend Quattropunte is named for his skill with what?
5. What conference was held for the purposes of "racial planning"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What news does Remo bring Ida, regarding Nino and the other revolutionaries, at the beginning of 1944?
2. What was the situation of the Jews in 1938?
3. How does Ida respond to the air raid sirens, beginning in 1943?
4. How does the author set the stage for the novel's action, in the first chapter?
5. How is Gunther described?
6. How does Ida and Useppe's living situation change in 1944?
7. What happens when the monk arrives at the shelter?
8. What happens between Ida and Gunther?
9. What does Nino do for his little brother when Useppe is very young?
10. What important object does Nino lose in 1942?
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