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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 does Ida do, regarding her deceased mother's Jewish heritage, in Chapter 3?
(a) Tells only her husband, and begs him not to report it.
(b) Tries to prevent anyone finding out about it.
(c) Tells everyone she knows, and refuses to hide it.
(d) Reports it to Italian authorities.

2. When confronted by Nino, Carlo claims to be a proponent of what political philosophy?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Anarchism.
(c) Nazism.
(d) Oligarchism.

3. The period from 1900 to 1905 marked the beginning of what?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Geneva Convention.
(c) The atomic century.
(d) The United Nations.

4. What is changing about Nino's behavior, in 1942?
(a) He is visiting his mother and brother more often.
(b) He is working as many hours as he can to stay away from home.
(c) He is refusing to go to school or work.
(d) He is becoming more militant.

5. How do the workers and patrons at Remo's treat Gunther?
(a) With genuine hospitality.
(b) With hatred and violence.
(c) With distrust and fear.
(d) With unenthusiastic courtesy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Carlo respond when encouraged to join the armed revolution?

2. Civilians and cities in Europe were destroyed by what types of bombing?

3. What can Nino do, which Ida cannot?

4. What is Nino's new nickname, as a revolutionary?

5. What vice did Ida's father have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the monk arrives at the shelter?

2. What concerns does Ida have about Nino and herself, in 1940?

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

4. Who is Carulina?

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

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

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

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

9. What was the Italian Racial Law?

10. How does Useppe sometimes affect Nino's mood?

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