1. What is the nickname of the informer the police use to gain information on the mafia?
(a) Lupara.
(b) Little Priest.
(c) Zicchinetta.
(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 take his daughter to school.
(b) To take him to work.
(c) To allow his wife and daughter to go to Mass.
(d) To take his wife to the airport.

3. What is described as the entire network of mafia connections that lives in the shadow of the church?
(a) The Montecitorio.
(b) The Civetta.
(c) The Partridge.
(d) The Mother Church.

4. What does the old man shown in Section 4 believe most of the men in his city to be?
(a) Zealots.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Priests.
(d) Cuckolds.

5. Where does the old man suggest the young man should go visit a sister at the end of Section 4?
(a) Rome.
(b) Parma.
(c) Venice.
(d) Genoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the wife of he man whose house is located on the street the police believe the murderer to have run down say her husband came inside to retrieve after hearing gun shots?

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

3. How is the informant to the police on the mafia's payment described?

4. What is the title of the man of honor shown at the beginning of Section 2?

5. What does the old man in Section 4 believe a certain spy does not act with enough of?

(see the answer key)

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