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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As he discusses the frustrations of the Italian boys who have lost the local girls to soldiers, Lewis says that an American soldier can offer a girl all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Silk.
(b) Food.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Sweets.

2. When Lewis returns to Naples in "October 1944" he finds that several members of his section are ill; Moore has which of the following illnesses?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Syphillus.

3. When discussing incredible feats of piracy, Lewis says that what objects have been stolen from the region of Agropoli?
(a) Ships.
(b) Tanks.
(c) Trams.
(d) Cars.

4. When Lewis visits the church of San Pasquale he views the body of the Blessed Egideo; what is this near-saint said to protect?
(a) Commerce.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) Lovers.
(d) Harvest.

5. 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) 19.
(c) 14.
(d) 5.

6. Lewis is frustrated when no one will admit they've seen anything during his investigation of what crime, first reported to him by one of the scugnizzi?
(a) Rape.
(b) Theft.
(c) Burglary.
(d) Murder.

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

8. 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?
(a) Money.
(b) Coffin.
(c) Food.
(d) Wine.

9. 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) England.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Africa.
(d) Canada.

10. Lewis notes in his November 25, 1943 entry that there is an aversion in Italy to bothering which of the following species of bird?
(a) Stork.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Magpie.
(d) Heron.

11. When Lewis asks Norah Gemelli for help on a case he mentions that she lives on which of the following affluent streets?
(a) Via dei Mille.
(b) Via Toledo.
(c) Via Chiaia.
(d) Via Forcella.

12. In his discussion of the local mobs around Naples, Lewis says that the only person who ever stood up to the group was whom?
(a) Pecorella.
(b) Emmanuele.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Mussolini.

13. In his February 12, 1944 entry Lewis is surprised to find that the Neapolitans have never visited famous sites nearby, though they have all been to which city multiple times?
(a) Venice.
(b) Milan.
(c) Florence.
(d) Rome.

14. When Lewis is invited to go on a family expedition to gather greens and hunt birds with Ingeniere Crespi, the man's son goes along; what is the boy's name?
(a) Alberto.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Dante.
(d) Lucca.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. When Lattarullo joins the Separatist organization for the restoration of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, he tells Lewis that which of the following is one of the leaders of the group?

3. When Lewis attends the spaghetti-eating contest at a dinner party, he notes that the man who wins is 65 and of what profession?

4. Which of the following towns does Lewis NOT mention as a suburb of Naples on his journey back to his section after his release from the hospital?

5. 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?

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