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

2. 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 allow his wife and daughter to go to Mass.
(b) To take his wife to the airport.
(c) To take him to work.
(d) To take his daughter to school.

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

4. Whose names does the police informant give to the captain at the end of Section 2?
(a) Guiseppe Colasberna and Ciccio La Rosa.
(b) Diego Marchica and Ciccio Nicolosi.
(c) Diego Marchica and Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Ciccio La Rosa and Saro Pizzuco.

5. What is the name of the company the man owned who was shot?
(a) Via Santa Co-operative Society.
(b) Grimelli Co-Operative Society.
(c) Genoa Fara Co-Operative Society.
(d) Santa Fara Co-operative Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mrs. Nicolosi's lover?

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

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

4. How long had the man of honor shown at the beginning of Section 2 held out on paying his workers?

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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