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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9, pp. 90-108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of the book "Il Giorno Della Civetta"?
(a) Leonardo Sciascia.
(b) Giovanni Leonardo.
(c) Tommaso Sciasi.
(d) Silvio Pellico.

2. What do the characters at the beginning of Section 9 say Marchica must claim to have happened to cause him to confess to murder?
(a) Say he was kidding.
(b) Say police made it up.
(c) Say he was tortured.
(d) Say he lied.

3. What does the old man say anyone who sets themselves up against the church is, in Section 4?
(a) Hero.
(b) A dead man.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Ignorant.

4. Whose names does Little Priest write on a piece of paper for police in Section 5?
(a) Salvatore Colasberna and Paolo Nicolosi.
(b) Don Mariano Arena and Saro Pizzuco.
(c) Ciccio La Rosa and Diego Marchica.
(d) Saro Pizzuco and Paolo Nicolosi.

5. How does the high-ranking minister react when he hears one of his ministers might have mafia connections in Section 8?
(a) Horrified.
(b) Excited.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose office is the man the police allow to sit in the captain's office during interrogation able to see into?

2. Why does the police informant on the mafia make up a story to tell to the captain in Section 2?

3. What does a man reveal to a high-ranking minister will be on the front page of a newspaper at the beginning of Section 8?

4. What do the confessions the police obtain insinuate Colasberna did to cause him to be murdered?

5. What do the two high-ranking ministers shown at the beginning of Section 3 say they do not believe in?

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