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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the informant to the police on the mafia live in a constant state of?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Guilt.

2. What does the old man in Section 4 believe a certain spy does not act with enough of?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Aggressiveness.
(c) Discretion.
(d) Intelligence.

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

4. How many times has the individual shown at the beginning of Section 5 given this type of information to the police?
(a) Three times.
(b) Twice.
(c) Never.
(d) Once.

5. Which of the following men do the police not arrest after getting Little Priest's letter?
(a) Don Arena.
(b) Ciccio La Rosa.
(c) Diego Marchica.
(d) Saro Pizzuco.

6. Who is the author of the book "Il Giorno Della Civetta"?
(a) Silvio Pellico.
(b) Tommaso Sciasi.
(c) Giovanni Leonardo.
(d) Leonardo Sciascia.

7. What does Little Priest also include on a piece of paper for the police in Section 5 along with some names?
(a) A picture.
(b) A finger print.
(c) A flower.
(d) His signature.

8. What political association do the two men at the beginning of Section 3 claim Salvatore Colasberna to be involved with?
(a) Marxism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Socialism.

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

10. What does the man who comes to talk to the police in Section 5 accuse them of treating one of the men they arrested?
(a) Like a priest.
(b) Like a government leader.
(c) Like a god.
(d) Like a common criminal.

11. What is the name of the individual shown at the beginning of Section 5?
(a) Paolo Nicolosi.
(b) Little Priest.
(c) Passerello.
(d) Ciccio La Rosa.

12. What is the actual name of the informer the police use to gain information on the mafia?
(a) Rosario Pizzuco.
(b) Calogero Dibella.
(c) Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Guiseppe Colasberna.

13. What do the police believe arresting Marchica would be after he is brought in for questioning?
(a) Safe.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Sad.
(d) Very dangerous.

14. How long does the man of honor shown at the beginning of Section 2 believe he has held out on paying his workers?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 week.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the man who comes to talk to the police in Section 5 say that the mafia wouldn't be if it existed?

3. What is the nickname of the informer the police use to gain information on the mafia?

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 happens to the passengers on the bus after a man is shot at the beginning of the book?

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