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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An informant, Prince A, visits the soldiers with his 24-year old sister to ask if they can arrange for her to enter an army brothel; what is the girl's name?
(a) Giovanni.
(b) Luisa.
(c) Carlotta.
(d) Mila.

2. As Lewis and his companions prepare to land at Salerno, how does Lewis say the lecture by the Intelligence officer could have been summed up?
(a) The Germans will be there.
(b) We know nothing.
(c) Mussolini's OVRA has been disbanded.
(d) There is nothing we do not know.

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?
(a) Sweets.
(b) Silk.
(c) Food.
(d) Cigarettes.

4. Upon his return to Naples to find sick section members, Lewis says that he is also ill with which of the following?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Syphillus.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Malaria.

5. When Lewis winds up in the American Evacuation Hospital he is ill with a re-infection of which of the following illnesses?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Cholera.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which of the following dates does Lewis, unable to get to Salerno, decide to take a sight-seeing trip to Capaccio?

2. As "November 1943" opens, Lewis laments that Counter-Intelligence funds are to be reduced to what amount per week?

3. Lewis notes in his November 25, 1943 entry that there is an aversion in Italy to bothering which of the following species of bird?

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

5. Which of the following items does Lewis NOT lose in the flood during his stay in the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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