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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. Due to widespread hunger, Ida's paycheck is no longer enough to buy what basic food item?
(a) Olive oil.
(b) Pepper.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Cheese.

2. Nino is very proud of what possession in 1946?
(a) A nice car.
(b) An expensive radio.
(c) A motorcycle.
(d) A color television.

3. A pact was formed, in 1947, between which two entities?
(a) The Nazi party and the USSR.
(b) The Vatican and the Nazi party.
(c) The USSR and the Fascist Italian regime.
(d) The Fascist Italian regime and the Vatican.

4. Where is Davide Segre's family home?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Mantua.
(c) Rome.
(d) Nice.

5. How does Davide die?
(a) He is beaten to death.
(b) He overdoses on drugs.
(c) He has a stroke.
(d) He is killed in a robbery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cause of Nino's death?

2. As the result of a group of women holding up a truck, Ida manages to come home with a bag of what?

3. What does Ida do, for the first time, in 1946?

4. Why does Nino move back into Ida's home in 1946?

5. What does Useppe ask his mother not to tell Nino?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Davide alienated from his family?

3. How does Ida feel about doctors?

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

5. Who is Scimo?

6. What happens to Hitler in 1945?

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

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

9. What were the Nuremberg trials?

10. What happens when Ida tries to put Useppe in school?

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