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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In late 1943, all young men in Rome were in danger of what?
(a) Being killed on sight.
(b) Young men were only in danger if they were Jewish.
(c) Being taken and forced to serve in the German military.
(d) Being sent to concentration camps.

2. Nino's friend Quattropunte is named for his skill with what?
(a) Four-sided dice.
(b) Four-sided nails.
(c) Four-letter words.
(d) Four-wheeled vehicles.

3. What city was burned to the ground by the Nazis in 1943?
(a) Belsen.
(b) Stalingrad.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Rome.

4. What keeps Giuseppe out of the war?
(a) His political beliefs.
(b) His age.
(c) His bad leg.
(d) His family situation.

5. What is Ida's profession?
(a) Nurse.
(b) School teacher.
(c) Seamstress.
(d) Librarian.

6. What year is it, in the novel, when Gunther is introduced?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1925.

7. How do people feel about the pact between Hitler and Mussolini, in Chapter 3?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Pleased.
(c) Angry.
(d) Frightened.

8. Why does Ida allow Ninuzzu to have a dog?
(a) Because she thinks it will help his behavioral problems.
(b) Because she wants him to stay at home.
(c) Because she feels guilty about her second son.
(d) Because she is afraid of what he will do if she says no.

9. What law outlines the rules regarding Jews reporting their status to the census?
(a) Hebrew Reporting Law.
(b) Racial Separation Law.
(c) Census Violation Law.
(d) Italian Racial Law.

10. What object does Nino lose in 1942?
(a) His father's tie clip.
(b) Gunther's knife.
(c) His first teddy bear.
(d) His pocketwatch.

11. What vice did Ida's father have?
(a) He was perpetually lazy and unemployed.
(b) He was an alcoholic.
(c) He was a womanizer.
(d) He was a gambling addict.

12. What does Carlo Vivaldi often practice?
(a) Air raid drills.
(b) Writing his name.
(c) A gymnastics routine.
(d) Playing the flute.

13. Of what nationality is Gunther?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Italian.
(c) German.
(d) Prussian.

14. What happened to Mussolini in late 1943?
(a) He was executed.
(b) He was taken prisoner.
(c) He was arrested.
(d) He was overthrown.

15. Why doesn't Ida tell Nino about her pregnancy?
(a) Because she doesn't think he'll understand.
(b) Because she doesn't want to tell him how it happened.
(c) Because she feels that it is none of his business.
(d) Because she doesn't think he will believe her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the workers and patrons at Remo's treat Gunther?

2. In Chapter 1, the author briefly discusses the discoveries pertaining to what?

3. Where does Ida stash her life savings during the air raids?

4. What is Filomena's profession?

5. What name does Carlo Vivaldi assume, once he becomes a revolutionary?

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