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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following captains does Lewis meet after a night spent patrolling the streets of Salerno for German infiltrators?
(a) Captain Castello.
(b) Captain Moore.
(c) Captain Cartwright.
(d) Captain Paglia.

2. Lewis states, as he prepares to arrive in Salerno, that he and his section are attached to which American army unit?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Ninth.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Third.

3. On the expedition with Ingeniere Crespi's family Lewis reports that in total they manage to catch how many birds?
(a) 25.
(b) 3.
(c) 18.
(d) 48.

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

5. 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) 19th.
(c) 24th.
(d) 8th.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the October 9, 1943 entry Lewis says that children in Naples are prying limpets off rocks for food. How much can the children collect in exchange for a pint of limpets?

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

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

5. When Lewis is invited to go on a family expedition to gather greens and hunt birds with Ingeniere Crespi, the man's son goes along; what is the boy's name?

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