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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, pp. 22-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago do the police discover it had been since the man who was shot at the beginning of the book had been accosted on a bus for the very first time?
(a) A year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 7 days.
(d) 4 months.

2. Which of the following things does the workers for the man of honor shown (at the beginning of Section 2) not do after not being paid?
(a) Demand money.
(b) Become desperate from starvation.
(c) Shoot at the man of honor.
(d) Protest.

3. What item does a man sell near the shooting that the police look for in Section 1?
(a) Fritters.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Drinks.

4. What does the captain ask the dead man's workers and relatives to do before leaving the police station?
(a) Write down their names and addresses.
(b) Give him their cards.
(c) Make a second meeting.
(d) Write down names of other witnesses.

5. What does the captain suggest all of the building contractors in their area had done that the man who died had not?
(a) Hired locals.
(b) Paid for protection.
(c) Had a permit.
(d) Went to church.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is the nickname of the informer the police use to gain information on the mafia?

4. What kind of mine has the man of honor shown at the beginning of Section 2 invested much of his money in?

5. Who does the man of honor shown at the beginning of Section 2 complain about an encounter with?

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