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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After duly investigating the Forza Italia! political movement, Lewis returns to his car to find how many men waiting for him?
(a) 25.
(b) 2.
(c) 15.
(d) 50.

2. 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) Cigarettes.
(b) Food.
(c) Silk.
(d) Sweets.

3. 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?
(a) Torre Annunziata.
(b) Torre del Greco.
(c) Resina.
(d) Casoria.

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

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

6. 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) Musician.
(c) Flower merchant.
(d) Pizza shop.

7. When Lewis discusses the small towns outside Naples he says that there are nearly uncontrollable because they are ruled by the local mob, a group known as what?
(a) Sicurezza.
(b) Camorra.
(c) Carabinieri.
(d) Sindacos.

8. Right before heading back to Naples after the trip with the Crespi family, there is a picnic of all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Mozzarella.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Salami.
(d) Mortadella.

9. As Lewis passes through Naples on his way back to his unit after his illness, what does he say is the general mood of the Italian civilians?
(a) Indignation.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Anger.

10. When Lewis first meets Donna Maria Fidora, a new contact, he says that her nickname is what?
(a) La Bella.
(b) La Pitonessa.
(c) La Aquila.
(d) La Nobile.

11. When an American soldier reports that he has been to a party in Marichiaro and has met a spy, he bases this accusation on the fact that the man claims to be what?
(a) Australian.
(b) Russian.
(c) Polish.
(d) Swedish.

12. 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) 24th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 19th.

13. While investigating the charges against the man arrested by the police chief, Lewis compares another witness--Anna Consomata--to an angel by which famous Italian artist?
(a) Botticelli.
(b) Giotto.
(c) Da Vinci.
(d) Michelangelo.

14. During the checkpoint stops three miles outside town, the Canadians discover that most vehicles have stolen tires. How much are the tires worth on the black market?
(a) 8,000 lire.
(b) 30,000 lire.
(c) 3,000 lire.
(d) 50,000 lire.

15. 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) Syphillus.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Dysentery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the final entry for "January 1944" Lewis says that how many operational maps are found in a warehouse, where civilians are about to use them to make a fire?

2. As Lewis discusses the various things the people of Naples have resorted to eating, he notes that there has been rumor of a decline in the population of what animal in the city?

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

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?

5. On which of the following dates are Lewis and other men attacked via plane while exploring the Temple of Neptune?

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