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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8, pp. 82-90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the high-ranking minister receive a call from at the beginning of Section 8?
(a) Venice.
(b) Parma.
(c) Rome.
(d) Genoa.

2. Who does the sergeant major find to be given a nickname due to his love of gambling?
(a) Diego Marchica.
(b) Paolo Nicolosi.
(c) Guiseppe Colasberna.
(d) Ciccio La Rosa.

3. What does the old man say a man should do if he finds out his wife is cheating on him in Section 4?
(a) Beat up the man.
(b) Get mad and raise a ruckus.
(c) Do nothing.
(d) Kill his wife.

4. 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) Protest.
(b) Demand money.
(c) Become desperate from starvation.
(d) Shoot at the man of honor.

5. What term does the old man use to describe a man whose wife cheats on him behind his back in Section 4?
(a) Cuckold.
(b) Idiot.
(c) Saint.
(d) Cheater.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does a man come to the police to talk to them about in Section 5?

2. What does the confession the police show Marchica in Section 6 say the murderer didn't have?

3. Who is described as having a violent reputation in Section 7?

4. What are the two high-ranking ministers shown at the beginning of Section 3 known as?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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