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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, pp. 32-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nickname that Mrs. Nicolosi gives to the police in regards to the shooting?
(a) Brescianelli.
(b) Lupara.
(c) Zicchinetta.
(d) Little Priest.

2. What is the name of Mrs. Nicolosi's lover?
(a) Paolo.
(b) Diego.
(c) Passerello.
(d) Ciccio.

3. What is the Italian name for the police that is used in the book?
(a) La Policia.
(b) Bargello.
(c) Montecitorio.
(d) Carabinieri.

4. How many anonymous letters do the police have with ideas of who killed the man at the beginning of the book?
(a) 13.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. What do the two high-ranking ministers shown at the beginning of Section 3 believe Captain Bellodi to be, in regards to the mafia?
(a) Obsessed.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain tell the dead man's brother the group possibly responsible for his brother's death are willing to do if they are not obeyed?

2. A man is shot getting on a bus which is traveling where?

3. 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?

4. How is the driver of the bus described when he is interviewed by the police after the shooting?

5. Who is the man the sergeant major brings in (who loves gambling) believed to have ties to?

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