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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Signora Lola gives Lewis the information about illicit letters being sent, Lattarullo provides Lewis with the name of a letter carrier. What is the man's name?
(a) Losurdo.
(b) Patierno.
(c) Salerno.
(d) Ruffino.

2. On September 19, 1944 Lewis decides to set up a checkpoint three miles out of town, across which river?
(a) Tiber.
(b) Plima.
(c) Gattola.
(d) Ufita.

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) Magpie.
(d) Heron.

4. During Lewis' time in the American Evacuation Hospital, he is frequently disturbed by what noise a few hundred yards away?
(a) Mortars.
(b) Rockets.
(c) Panzers.
(d) Howitzers.

5. When Lewis winds up in the American Evacuation Hospital he is ill with a re-infection of which of the following illnesses?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Cholera.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. In his February 12, 1944 entry Lewis is surprised to find that the Neapolitans have never visited famous sites nearby, though they have all been to which city multiple times?

4. Lewis states, as he prepares to arrive in Salerno, that he and his section are attached to which American army unit?

5. When Lewis asks Norah Gemelli for help on a case he mentions that she lives on which of the following affluent streets?

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