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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. Who is Ninuccia?
(a) Patrizia's baby.
(b) Ida's niece.
(c) Nino's half-sister.
(d) Useppe's imaginary friend.

2. Which is NOT a newly-changed characteristic of Nino, when he visits Ida in 1944?
(a) He enjoys the admiration of all those around him.
(b) He is well-dressed.
(c) He is in a good humor.
(d) He is no longer working with the revolutionaries.

3. What does Davide recall about the face of the man he killed?
(a) It was peaceful.
(b) It was agonized.
(c) It was surprised.
(d) It was childlike.

4. What item do Ida and Useppe acquire in 1947?
(a) A radio.
(b) A television.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A house.

5. After venturing to the empty Ghetto, Ida dreams of searching for what object?
(a) A music box.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A ring.
(d) A watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ida allow Useppe to wander freely with Bella?

2. Bella brings Useppe home at what time each day?

3. How does Davide feel about God?

4. Why does Ida put Useppe in kindergarten?

5. How does Davide die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bella save Useppe's life in 1947?

2. How does Useppe die?

3. What health problem does Useppe develop in 1946, and how does he respond?

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

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

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

7. What happens to Ida after Useppe's death?

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

9. What is revealed, during Davide's speech, about his feelings for the bourgeoisie and anarchy?

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

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