3. Why does Useppe love newspapers?
(a) Because they can be made into hats.
(b) Because he can draw on them.
(c) Because of the way they smell.
(d) Because of all the pictures.

4. Which American president died in 1945?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Reagan.
(c) Carter.
(d) Roosevelt.

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

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

7. What happened to Hitler, at the end of World War II?
(a) He was taken prisoner.
(b) He fled and was not found for years.
(c) He was assassinated.
(d) He committed suicide.

8. What is the cause of Nino's death?
(a) A car accident.
(b) A bar fight.
(c) A gunshot wound.
(d) A drug overdose.

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

10. What happens to Bella after Useppe's death?
(a) She becomes a stray.
(b) She is adopted by another family.
(c) She is euthanized.
(d) She is kept by Ida.

11. Why doesn't Davide drink the wine Useppe brings to him?
(a) Because he is allergic to grapes.
(b) Because he is high on drugs and can't mix the two.
(c) Because he is already drunk.
(d) Because wine gives him a headache.

12. Ida gets a job, in 1944, teaching Italian to soldiers from what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) South Africa.
(d) The United States.

13. Bella brings Useppe home at what time each day?
(a) Lunch time.
(b) Bed time.
(c) Supper time.
(d) Dusk.

14. Why does Useppe develop an aversion to newspapers, in 1945?
(a) Because his brother despises the press, and newspapers in particular.
(b) Because the ink rubs off on his hands.
(c) Because his mother uses them to try to teach him to read.
(d) Because of the pictures of tortured and dead people from the concentration camps.

15. Who murders Santina?
(a) Her customer.
(b) Her pimp.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her son.