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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis visits Loreto in the hospital and is told by the nurse taking care of him that Loreto will last how long, at the most?
(a) 14 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

2. When the Marshal of Benevento voices concerns that the town is surrounded by bandits, he proposes to go after them with how many Carabinieri?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 50.
(d) 24.

3. The attendants who pass out the rejuvenating fluid when Lewis and his informant visit the bones of St. Andrew suffer what affliction, deemed to be lucky?
(a) Deaf.
(b) Blind.
(c) Paralyzed.
(d) Hunchback.

4. On which of the following dates in "March 1944" does Mt. Vesuvius erupt?
(a) March 2.
(b) March 19.
(c) March 24.
(d) March 15.

5. As "June 1944" opens Lewis remarks that the inevitable has finally happened, as how many Moors have been murdered in a village near Cancello?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

6. After Signora Lola gives Lewis the information about illicit letters being sent, Lattarullo provides Lewis with the name of a letter carrier. What is the man's name?
(a) Salerno.
(b) Ruffino.
(c) Patierno.
(d) Losurdo.

7. Whitsun draws near in "May 1944." Lewis says it is also known in Naples as the Easter of what?
(a) Life.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Roses.
(d) Flowers.

8. While in the hospital Lewis mentions that Signoras Lola and Susanna will be going on a retreat to Ischia to "deflate," and that they will eat what to accomplish this?
(a) Ibex.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Deer.
(d) Cormorants.

9. When Lewis visits the house set up--illegally--by Captain Frazer and Signora Lola, he notes that it is badly damaged from an air raid that happened on which date?
(a) December 11, 1943.
(b) October 30, 1943.
(c) April 1, 1944.
(d) March 14, 1944.

10. Lewis says that his friend Simmons had watched a display at Guarda Sanframondi where devotees half kill themselves in honor of the Virgin every ____ years.
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

11. When Lewis stops for lunch at Vicenzo a Mare in the Neapolitan suburb he is treated to all BUT WHICH of the following local specialties?
(a) Iced octopus.
(b) Sand-eels.
(c) Raw shellfish.
(d) Bean-shaped bivalves.

12. When Lewis goes on a picnic with Frazer and Signora Lola, which of the following places do they visit?
(a) San Vincenzo.
(b) Portofino.
(c) Rome.
(d) Capri.

13. When Salvatore Loreto is captured in "August 1944," which of the following is the hospital in which Lewis finds him?
(a) Maugham National Hospital.
(b) Cancello National Hospital.
(c) Cancello Field Hospital.
(d) Maugham Field Hospital.

14. While talking about various salaries Lewis says that his research shows the Questore of Naples makes the most, at what amount per month?
(a) 5496 lire.
(b) 4587 lire.
(c) 3823 lire.
(d) 7234 lire.

15. On his visit to the one Neapolitan suburb he has not visited, what method of transportation does Lewis use?
(a) Carriage.
(b) Walking.
(c) Jeep.
(d) Horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lewis is ordered to Benevento to take over security for the Canadian FSS, he notes that fortunately it's a temporary arrangement as he is one man replacing how many?

2. After discussing Latarullo's home furnishings and souvenirs, Lewis remarks that his friend reads how many newspapers per day?

3. As Lewis arrives in Benevento he notes that the whole population of the city is dressed in black because it is custom to wear mourning for how long after a family death?

4. When discussing the awful behavior of French colonial troops as they ravage the countryside, Lewis says doctors in Castro di Volsci treat how many rapes?

5. In his discussion of the marriage application investigations he must conduct, Lewis says that ___ out of 10 Italian girls have lost their men to the war?

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