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

2. What does Ida begin doing when the air raid alarms go off, in 1943?
(a) She hides only when they go off at night.
(b) She runs and hides only if she hears a plane.
(c) She takes Useppe and runs to the basement.
(d) She ignores them, believing nothing will happen.

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

4. In 1943, Italy's leader proclaimed the end of what political system in Italy?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Communism.
(d) Oligarchy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives with a message for Carlo Vivaldi, during one of his nights at the shelter?

2. Who was not one of the three world leaders to meet at the summit in Teheran?

3. Where does Nora die?

4. Gandhi was arrested by troops from what nation, in 1942?

5. Nino's friend Quattropunte is named for his skill with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What health problem does Ida experience as a child, and how do her parents feel about it?

2. How does Italy's government change in 1943?

3. How is Ida Mancuso described, at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. Who is Carulina?

5. In what state is Carlo Vivaldi when he first arrives at the shelter in 1943?

6. What does Nino do for his little brother when Useppe is very young?

7. How does Useppe sometimes affect Nino's mood?

8. What was the situation of the Jews in 1938?

9. What is Carlo's stance on violence and politics, in 1943?

10. How do Nino and Ida react to the air raid sirens in Rome, beginning in 1941?

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