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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Lawyer.

2. 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) Pompeii.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Rome.
(d) Florence.

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

4. After receiving the supposed good-luck cloth, Lewis hears that Americans from which division have orders to beat ANY Germans to death, even those who surrender?
(a) 45th.
(b) 19th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 24th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In his discussion of his duties Lewis mentions that he is expected to make daily log entries in his Army Book no. 466. At what time each day are these logs to be discussed?

2. Right before heading back to Naples after the trip with the Crespi family, there is a picnic of all BUT WHICH of the following?

3. When Lewis and Lattarullo go to lunch and inspect the dish said to be veal, the waiter admits under questioning that it is actually what?

4. When discussing Signora Esposito-Lau, Lewis notes that the Psychological Warfare Bureau reported that what percentage of the Italian people collaborated with Germans?

5. When Lattarullo gives Lewis information about the Neapolitan doctor with the stolen Fiat, Lewis taken him to lunch. Which of the following is Lattarullo offered on the way to eat?

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