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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis states, as he prepares to arrive in Salerno, that he and his section are attached to which American army unit?
(a) Ninth.
(b) Third.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Fifth.

2. On his sight-seeing trip into Capaccio, which of the following flowers does Lewis mention along the street that looks almost English?
(a) Iris.
(b) Coreopsis.
(c) Zinnea.
(d) Petunia.

3. When Lewis returns to Naples in "October 1944" he finds that several members of his section are ill; Moore has which of the following illnesses?
(a) Syphillus.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Malaria.

4. After Lewis gives a hungry man some K rations he receives a strip of cloth that the giver insists will render him bulletproof; from what city did this cloth originate?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Florence.
(c) Pompeii.
(d) Rome.

5. When the orders come through to break up the assault on local girls caught with Allied soldiers, Lewis reports that there are how many men at HQ to deal with the situation?
(a) 5.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lewis and the American army arrive at "Red Beach," how many rounds of ammunition does each man receive?

2. On the expedition with Ingeniere Crespi's family Lewis reports that in total they manage to catch how many birds?

3. As he discusses the frustrations of the Italian boys who have lost the local girls to soldiers, Lewis says that an American soldier can offer a girl all BUT WHICH of the following?

4. On which of the following dates does Lewis see a British officer beating an Italian man, which he describes as the most revolting thing he's seen since the war began?

5. As Lewis discusses the various things the people of Naples have resorted to eating, he notes that there has been rumor of a decline in the population of what animal in the city?

(see the answer key)

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