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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which of the following dates does Lewis, unable to get to Salerno, decide to take a sight-seeing trip to Capaccio?
(a) September 25, 1944.
(b) September 9, 1943.
(c) September 17, 1943.
(d) September 22, 1944.

2. An informant, Prince A, visits the soldiers with his 24-year old sister to ask if they can arrange for her to enter an army brothel; what is the girl's name?
(a) Luisa.
(b) Carlotta.
(c) Giovanni.
(d) Mila.

3. When Lewis' friend Don Ubaldo dies, he notes that the man succumbed to which of the following diseases?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Cholera.

4. 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) 19.
(b) 5.
(c) 14.
(d) 2.

5. 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?
(a) 12.
(b) 42.
(c) 28.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his return to Naples Lewis tells about an assault on local girls found in the company of Allied soldiers; he says that the assault took place from the gardens of which location?

2. In his discussion of his duties Lewis mentions that he is expected to make daily log entries in his Army Book no. 466. At what time each day are these logs to be discussed?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What embarrassing and uncomfortable experience does Lewis relate when he comes into contact with Professore Placella?

2. What response does Lewis have when it is announced that Counter-Intelligence funds are to be cut to 400 lire per week for each section member?

3. Describe the mistake that occurs when Lewis is sent to investigate reports of a female spy in Afragola.

4. What sort of experience does Lewis describe in regards to the prostitutes who have set up business in Naples?

5. What frustrates Lewis when trying to investigate a report of a murder from one of the scugnizzi outside the Cafe Roma?

6. What happens to the operational maps the Allies find upon completion of the successful raid at Anzio?

7. Describe the information Lewis and the other men in his section have when they first arrive in Salerno.

8. What reasons does Lewis give for the theft of copper when he is sent to investigate the problem?

9. Describe the behavior by the Canadians when they rejoin Lewis in Benvento.

10. Describe the autumn traditions in Naples after the torrential rains in September.

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