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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the driver of the bus described when he is interviewed by the police after the shooting?
(a) Unfazed.
(b) Stunned.
(c) Sad.
(d) Excited.

2. What happens to the passengers on the bus after a man is shot at the beginning of the book?
(a) They disappeared.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They talk to police immediately.
(d) They scream and hide on the bus.

3. What does the old man say anyone who sets themselves up against the church is, in Section 4?
(a) Stupid.
(b) A dead man.
(c) Hero.
(d) Ignorant.

4. What does the old man shown at the beginning of Section 4 known to have?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Anger.

5. What happens to Little Priest after he mails a letter to the police?
(a) He is murdered.
(b) He disappears.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He flees.

6. 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?
(a) Threaten people.
(b) Kill people.
(c) Kidnap family from their homes.
(d) Take money from people.

7. 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) Genoa.
(d) Venice.

8. What profession did the police informant on the mafia previously have before selling out?
(a) A barber.
(b) A waiter.
(c) A sheep rustler.
(d) A police officer.

9. Who does the old man say should take a vacation at the end of Section 4?
(a) Diego Marchica.
(b) Saro Pizzuco.
(c) Ciccio La Rosa.
(d) Passerello.

10. What is the name of the type of ammunition used to kill the man at the beginning of the book, and is also known as wolf shot?
(a) Genoa.
(b) Lupe pistoli.
(c) Carabinieri.
(d) Lupara.

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

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

13. How many people are shown at the beginning of Section 4?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the street the police believe Colasberna's murderer to have run down after the shooting?

2. What does the captain suggest all of the building contractors in their area had done that the man who died had not?

3. What is the name of the man who was shot at the beginning of the book?

4. What does the captain ask the dead man's workers and relatives to do before leaving the police station?

5. Who does the man of honor shown at the beginning of Section 2 complain about an encounter with?

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