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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On September 19, 1944 Lewis decides to set up a checkpoint three miles out of town, across which river?
(a) Plima.
(b) Ufita.
(c) Tiber.
(d) Gattola.

2. During Lewis' time in the American Evacuation Hospital, he is frequently disturbed by what noise a few hundred yards away?
(a) Panzers.
(b) Howitzers.
(c) Rockets.
(d) Mortars.

3. After the meeting in Salerno with the captain, how many British men are ordered back to "Red Beach" because a token presence there is required?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 14.
(d) 19.

4. When Lewis and the American army arrive at "Red Beach," how many rounds of ammunition does each man receive?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

5. Early in the book, on which of the following dates does Lewis state that the war arrives?
(a) September 8, 1943.
(b) September 19, 1944.
(c) September 14, 1944.
(d) September 12, 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. When an attacker dressed as an American pulls a .45 automatic at a checkpoint, which of the following men is shot through the shoulder at close range?

2. When Lewis first meets the man who will become his best informant, Vincente Lattarullo, he reports that the man is a member of which of the following professions?

3. In Naples, Lewis finds several respectable-looking women who have turned to prostitution to support themselves. What do the women charge for their services?

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?

5. When discussing Lattarullo's Separatists, Lewis notes that the organization wants to dress everyone in Roman tunics and enforce a minimum of ____ children per family.

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