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

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

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

4. What is the name of Nino's second dog?
(a) Bella.
(b) Beast.
(c) Belsen.
(d) Blitz.

5. What does Davide tell Useppe, when Useppe visits Davide at his home for the first time?
(a) Useppe is too pretty and happy for this world.
(b) Davide feels like he has known Useppe for his entire life.
(c) Ida doesn't really love Useppe.
(d) Useppe is too young for Davide to associate with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Ida attend Nino's funeral?

2. Ida imagines that Nino is angry with her, after his death, for what?

3. After venturing to the empty Ghetto, Ida dreams of searching for what object?

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

5. Who is Ninuccia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Hitler in 1945?

2. What were the Nuremberg trials?

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

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

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

6. Why was Davide alienated from his family?

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

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

9. What is Nino's situation, in 1944?

10. Who is Scimo?

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