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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following captains does Lewis meet after a night spent patrolling the streets of Salerno for German infiltrators?
(a) Captain Moore.
(b) Captain Paglia.
(c) Captain Castello.
(d) Captain Cartwright.

2. The prostitutes rounded up for the A-Force's plot are unhappy about the situation because they are used to making how much money per night?
(a) 500 lire.
(b) 1300 lire.
(c) 100 lire.
(d) 1000 lire.

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

4. As "December 1943" opens, what does Lewis say is the really unpleasant part of his job?
(a) Paperwork.
(b) Compensation.
(c) Gunfire.
(d) Arrests.

5. Which of the following items does Lewis NOT lose in the flood during his stay in the hospital?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Camera.
(c) Gun.
(d) Shaving kit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following insects plagues Hotel Vesuvio as "September 1944" opens?

2. How old is the boy in "March 1944" who arrives at the 92nd General Hospital missing 3 fingers?

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?

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?

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

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