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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. Where does Nora die?
(a) Fleeing toward the sea.
(b) In her home.
(c) In a concentration camp.
(d) In the Jewish ghetto.

2. 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.

3. What was the cause of death for the patriarch of the family from Genzano?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Liver failure.

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

5. What happened to Rome during the bombing of Italian cities, as of 1943?
(a) It had been devastated.
(b) It had been spared, thus far.
(c) Only the rich areas had been affected.
(d) Only the poor areas had been affected.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the drunken German soldier do to Ida?

3. Who was the Italian leader, appointed by the King, in 1943?

4. How old is Ninuzzu in Chapter 3?

5. Chiang Kai-Shek was made the commander of Allied troops in what country, in 1942?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Gunther described?

3. What does Nino do for his little brother when Useppe is very young?

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

5. What is happening to the Jews in the ghetto, in 1941?

6. How does Ida respond when she learns that she is pregnant with Useppe?

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

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

9. What happens to Carlo after he leaves the shelter in 1943?

10. What changes come over Nino, in 1942?

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