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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 happens to the Duce's son-in-law, in January of 1944?
(a) He flees the country.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He is taken prisoner.
(d) He is executed.

2. What does Ida name her second son?
(a) Nino.
(b) Alfio.
(c) Ninuzzu.
(d) Useppe.

3. Why does Nino ignore the alarms and sirens going off in the city?
(a) Because he thinks they are only drills.
(b) Because he thinks the stories of what is happening to the Jews are exagerrated.
(c) Because he doesn't understand what they mean.
(d) Because he feels sure that Rome is safe.

4. Why does Ida find herself missing the Thousand?
(a) The shelter is too empty without them.
(b) They helped her look after Useppe.
(c) She does not trust her new roommates.
(d) They helped her with the cooking and cleaning.

5. Ida's parents raised her to be what religion?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Protestant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Useppe react to seeing the cattle cars full of people?

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

3. What is changing about Nino's behavior, in 1942?

4. What is Ida's profession?

5. What does Ida begin doing when the air raid alarms go off, in 1943?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes come over Nino, in 1942?

2. What is the general worldwide trend in the war, according to the history presented in 1943?

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

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

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

6. How is Ida Mancuso described, at the beginning of Chapter 2?

7. What health problem does Ida experience as a child, and how do her parents feel about it?

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

9. Who is Signora DiSegni?

10. What was the Italian Racial Law?

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