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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Lewis discusses the various things the people of Naples have resorted to eating, he notes that there has been rumor of a decline in the population of what animal in the city?
(a) Cat.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Horse.
(d) Dog.

2. Right before heading back to Naples after the trip with the Crespi family, there is a picnic of all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Salami.
(b) Mozzarella.
(c) Mortadella.
(d) Spaghetti.

3. Lewis notes in his November 25, 1943 entry that there is an aversion in Italy to bothering which of the following species of bird?
(a) Stork.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Heron.
(d) Magpie.

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

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 Nazionale.
(b) Villa Roma.
(c) Villa Republica.
(d) Villa Navona.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lewis is frustrated when no one will admit they've seen anything during his investigation of what crime, first reported to him by one of the scugnizzi?

3. Which of the following insects plagues Hotel Vesuvio as "September 1944" opens?

4. In "October 1944" Lewis says that the weather is wonderful at that time of year and that it is common October sport to hunt migrant birds headed to which country?

5. When the checkpoint three miles out of town is passed by a lorry that crashes through, Lewis says that the man in charge of the Thompson sub-machine gun is which of these?

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