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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. What does Lewis find when he follows the Italian Father Christmas into his cottage in Capaccio?
(a) Drugs and contraband.
(b) Ambush.
(c) Dead German.
(d) Moldy food.

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

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 discusses Neapolitan vendettas he says that which of the following individuals told him about this, or else he would not know?
(a) Ingeniere Crespi.
(b) Lo Scalzo.
(c) Antonio Priore.
(d) Poggio Reale.

5. 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?
(a) Villa Republica.
(b) Villa Roma.
(c) Villa Navona.
(d) Villa Nazionale.

Short Answer Questions

1. The corrupt police chief says at the end of "December 1943" that he has to prevent a blood feud; what item do local families use to represent blood feuds?

2. On which of the following dates does Lewis, unable to get to Salerno, decide to take a sight-seeing trip to Capaccio?

3. When thieves raid the Field Security Office at Castellammare castle to steal wheels off vehicles, how high are the walls they have to climb to do so?

4. Right before heading back to Naples after the trip with the Crespi family, there is a picnic of all BUT WHICH of the following?

5. When Lewis is forced to ask Norah Gemelli for help with a case, what name does she give him?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Antonio Priore is sentenced to 3 years in jail for his part in the theft and sale of Allied copper, what reason does Lewis give for the long sentence?

2. When Lewis is forced to arrest Signora Esposito-Lau, what reason does her husband give as the likely one behind the arrest?

3. When arriving in Salerno, why are Lewis and his fellow British officers assigned to an American army and how do the Americans treat them?

4. 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?

5. What does Lewis learn from the Americans in his September 11, 1943 entry?

6. How does Lewis describe informers in his October 10, 1943 entry?

7. When Lewis and his fellow soldiers in Benevento set up a checkpoint about three miles outside the city, what comment does Lewis make about the contraband confiscated by Marshal Altamura?

8. What surprise does a colleague of Lewis' receive when he accepts what he believes is a courteous invitation to visit a local cemetery with an informant?

9. In "January 1944" why does Lewis say that his other security responsibilities--the small towns around Naples--are pointless?

10. When the Allies learn that a planned invasion at Anzio is running through the local rumor mill, who does Lewis track down as the source of the leak?

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