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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. What profession did the police informant on the mafia previously have before selling out?
(a) A barber.
(b) A waiter.
(c) A sheep rustler.
(d) A police officer.

2. What is the name of the type of ammunition used to kill the man at the beginning of the book, and is also known as wolf shot?
(a) Genoa.
(b) Lupara.
(c) Lupe pistoli.
(d) Carabinieri.

3. What city is the beginning of Section 2 set in?
(a) Rome.
(b) Parma.
(c) Venice.
(d) Genoa.

4. How is the informant to the police on the mafia's payment described?
(a) Poorly.
(b) Average.
(c) He isn't paid.
(d) Very well.

5. What is the man of honor shown at the beginning of Section 2 a member of?
(a) The Italian Parliament.
(b) The mafia.
(c) The French Parliament.
(d) The Italian police force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does a man sell near the shooting that the police look for in Section 1?

2. What does the captain suggest all of the building contractors in their area had done that the man who died had not?

3. What is the name of the company the man owned who was shot?

4. 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?

5. What does the informant to the police on the mafia live in a constant state of?

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