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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. In early April, Lewis says that he has completed how many investigations of Italian women who wish to marry British soldiers?
(a) 28.
(b) 22.
(c) 12.
(d) 35.

2. 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) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

3. 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?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

4. How old is the boy in "March 1944" who arrives at the 92nd General Hospital missing 3 fingers?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

5. Toward the end of "July 1944" Lewis says that about how many people live in a single acre in the district of Vicaria?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 3,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lewis visits the suburb in "July 1944" he says that this is where which of the following emperors of Rome murdered his mother?

2. In Lewis' visit with his informant to the bones of St. Andrew, he says that the rejuvenating fluid is passed out using what medium?

3. When a prostitute presents herself at the police station expecting a blanket in return for her services, Lewis is astonished to find that she is how old?

4. In the March 3, 1944 entry Lewis notes that it is a crime in Italy, punishable by a year in prison, to communicate which venereal disease (STD) to another person?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Frazer is posted and his relationship with Signora Lola ends Lewis mentions that Lola and her friend will be going to the island of Capri to "deflate." What is meant by this?

2. When Lewis talks about his friend Lattarullo's part-time job as an "uncle from Rome" for funeral services, how does he say his friend accomplishes this?

3. What frustration does Eric Williams have during the Feast of the Lily in Nola?

4. What result does Lewis find when he interviews Contessa della Peruta, who has applied to marry a British man?

5. While in Benevento Lewis discusses the diseases that have sprung up among the people. What methods does Lewis use to try to prevent another bout of malaria?

6. During April 1944 what reason does Lewis give for the huge number of prostitutes in Naples?

7. Describe the result of Giovanni Patierno's letter-carrying activity when he is apprehended.

8. What situation does Lewis encounter when he travels to San Sebastiano to investigate conditions there after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius?

9. What reason does Signora Lola give for the odd behavior of a man in a cafe during the day trip to Capri?

10. Why are the Neapolitan prostitutes unhappy when they learn about the A-Force's idea to use them against the Germans in Rome?

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