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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 Useppe ask his mother not to tell Nino?
(a) That Useppe isn't doing well in school.
(b) That Useppe and Ida are homeless.
(c) That Useppe had a seizure.
(d) That Useppe hates dogs.

2. Where does Ida spend the last nine years of her life?
(a) In a nursing home.
(b) In her apartment.
(c) In an asylum.
(d) With a relative.

3. Where was Segre's family killed during the war?
(a) Auschwitz-Birkenau.
(b) Auschwitz-Manowitz.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Dachau.

4. Davide becomes addicted to what substance?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Cocaine.

5. What is not a condition from which Useppe is suffering in 1946?
(a) He wakes up every night with nightmares.
(b) He is pale and weak.
(c) He has an intestinal parasite.
(d) He is small for his age.

Short Answer Questions

1. A pact was formed, in 1947, between which two entities?

2. Why does Useppe love newspapers?

3. Why does Nino respect Davide?

4. Due to widespread hunger, Ida's paycheck is no longer enough to buy what basic food item?

5. Where is Davide Segre's family home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nino's situation, in 1944?

2. How does Nino's outlook on life change after the end of the war?

3. What relationship develops between Bella and Useppe in 1947?

4. What does Davide say about Jesus, during his tavern lecture?

5. Why was Davide alienated from his family?

6. What does Davide do, immediately after the war ends?

7. What is the situation of the few Jews who return to the Ghetto in 1945?

8. How does Useppe's behavior change after seeing the disturbing newspaper photos, and his exposure to public school?

9. How do Useppe's feelings about newspapers change in 1945?

10. In what ways does Ida sacrifice her own well-being for that of her son, in 1944?

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