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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Days after the checkpoint three miles outside town, the Marshal is offended when Lewis refuses his gift of what?
(a) Lire.
(b) Boots.
(c) Wine.
(d) Watch.

2. While discussing the contraband confiscated by the Marshal at the checkpoint three miles outside town, Lewis says that a drum of olive oil is worth how much on the black market?
(a) 8,000 lire.
(b) 3,000 lire.
(c) 30, 000 lire.
(d) 50,000 lire.

3. In the October 9, 1943 entry Lewis says that children in Naples are prying limpets off rocks for food. How much can the children collect in exchange for a pint of limpets?
(a) 5 lire.
(b) 2 lire.
(c) 25 lire.
(d) 19 lire.

4. Lewis begins work on the suspect file in Naples and must catalog everything; he notes that one report describes an individual that has an obsessive fear of which animal?
(a) Rats.
(b) Cats.
(c) Horses.
(d) Dogs.

5. In "October 1944" Lewis says that the weather is wonderful at that time of year and that it is common October sport to hunt migrant birds headed to which country?
(a) Africa.
(b) England.
(c) Canada.
(d) New Zealand.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his return to Naples Lewis tells about an assault on local girls found in the company of Allied soldiers; he says that the assault took place from the gardens of which location?

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

3. In the October 24, 1943 entry Lewis is sent to deal with a young German boy set to be executed as a spy. What is the young boy's name?

4. 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?

5. On the outing with Ingeniere Crespi's family, Crespi's son manages to catch what bird to the delight of his family?

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