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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. What reason does the captain have for asking those questioned in the murder case to write something down at the end of Section 1?
(a) To use as blackmail.
(b) For future contact.
(c) For no reason.
(d) For a handwriting sample.

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

3. Which character has been to prison many times and doesn't really mind going back in the book?
(a) Passerello.
(b) Paolo Nicolosi.
(c) Saro Pizzuco.
(d) Diego Marchica.

4. What is the nickname of the informer the police use to gain information on the mafia?
(a) Little Priest.
(b) Chiarchiaro.
(c) Zicchinetta.
(d) Lupara.

5. Why does an officer angrily intervene at the house of the man of honor shown at the beginning of Section 2 despite not wanting to?
(a) To take his wife to the airport.
(b) To take his daughter to school.
(c) To allow his wife and daughter to go to Mass.
(d) To take him to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does a man come to the police to talk to them about in Section 5?

2. What do the two high-ranking ministers shown at the beginning of Section 3 believe Captain Bellodi to be, in regards to the mafia?

3. What does the Captain discover the don lied about that he wishes he could arrest him for but cannot?

4. Who do two high-ranking ministers discuss at the beginning of Section 3?

5. What happens to the passengers on the bus after a man is shot at the beginning of the book?

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