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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. How old is Scimo?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

2. Why does Nino respect Davide?
(a) For his cunning and street-smarts.
(b) For his courage and bravery.
(c) For his thinking and philosophizing.
(d) For his service to his country and people.

3. Who is Black Hand?
(a) Bella's uncle.
(b) Nino's cousin.
(c) Filomena's brother.
(d) Davide's nephew.

4. How does the family servant feel about Nino in 1945?
(a) She is intimidated by him and his reputation.
(b) Neither answer is correct.
(c) Both answers are correct.
(d) She is in awe of him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What special item does Ida buy for Useppe in 1946?

2. Ida gets a job, in 1944, teaching Italian to soldiers from what country?

3. Why does the doctor feel, in the last chapter, that neither Useppe nor Ida has long to live?

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

5. Which is NOT a newly-changed characteristic of Nino, when he visits Ida in 1944?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Bella, and how is she introduced to the story?

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

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

5. What were the Nuremberg trials?

6. Why was Davide alienated from his family?

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

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

9. How does Useppe die?

10. How do Useppe and Ida react when the Allied forces enter Rome in 1944?

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