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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When talking about Neapolitan vendettas, Lewis mentions a boy who ambushed and killed the man who had killed his father before his birth; how old is the boy?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 15.

2. At the end of "February 1944" Lewis sees his first pazzariello on the Via San Pasquale; according to Lewis, this word translates to what?
(a) Joker.
(b) Flower merchant.
(c) Musician.
(d) Pizza shop.

3. When discussing the continued success of the black market Lewis says the Psychological Warfare Bureau estimates what percentage of Neapolitan income derives from stolen Allied goods?
(a) 65%.
(b) 58%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 100%.

4. In the December 9, 1943 entry Lewis talks about looking out over the formal gardens of what Villa?
(a) Villa Adrianna.
(b) Villa Nazionale.
(c) Villa d'Este.
(d) Villa de Medici.

5. When Sergeant Moore returns from Salerno, Lewis' group is told there is not enough room for them in the command car; with what commodity is the command car full?
(a) Food.
(b) Wine.
(c) Copper.
(d) Gas masks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis find when he follows the Italian Father Christmas into his cottage in Capaccio?

2. When discussing Mussolini's Press Secretary Lewis states that the man is wanted for the murder of which of the following individuals, a former rival of Mussolini?

3. Which of the following is the name of the jeweler who arranges for the delivery of illegal letters in "March 1944"?

4. When Lewis winds up in the American Evacuation Hospital he is ill with a re-infection of which of the following illnesses?

5. When Lewis first sets up his intelligence-gathering operation in Naples, what percentage of the information he finds does he deem "numbingly unimportant"?

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