View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the note Little Priest includes with a piece of paper for the police say?
(a) "It's over."
(b) "Nevermore."
(c) "I'm done."
(d) "I'm dead."

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

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

4. What reason does the captain have for asking those questioned in the murder case to write something down at the end of Section 1?
(a) To use as blackmail.
(b) For a handwriting sample.
(c) For future contact.
(d) For no reason.

5. Why does the police informant on the mafia make up a story to tell to the captain in Section 2?
(a) He wants to get back at someone.
(b) He is mad.
(c) He is forced.
(d) So he will be paid.

6. What item does a man sell near the shooting that the police look for in Section 1?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Fritters.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Drinks.

7. Who does Little Priest originally mail his confession to in Section 5?
(a) The priest.
(b) Don Arena.
(c) Sergeant D'Antona.
(d) Captain Bellodi.

8. What do the two high-ranking ministers shown at the beginning of Section 3 say they do not believe in?
(a) The police.
(b) The mafia.
(c) God.
(d) The economy.

9. What is the title of the man of honor shown at the beginning of Section 2?
(a) Mighty Minister.
(b) His Excellency.
(c) Minister.
(d) Honourable Member.

10. What religion are all mafia members associated with?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Muslim.

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

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

13. What does the man who comes to talk to the police in Section 5 say that the mafia wouldn't be if it existed?
(a) Helpful.
(b) A good thing.
(c) A criminal organization.
(d) Bad.

14. Which of the following descriptions does the old man not use to describe the men that don't join the mafia at the beginning of Section 4?
(a) Priests.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Made into police officers.
(d) Cuckolds.

15. What does the captain ask the dead man's workers and relatives to do before leaving the police station?
(a) Give him their cards.
(b) Write down their names and addresses.
(c) Write down names of other witnesses.
(d) Make a second meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose names does Little Priest write on a piece of paper for police in Section 5?

2. How many shots does the wife of he man whose house is located on the street the police believe the murderer to have run down after the shooting say her husband heard?

3. What term does the old man use to describe a man whose wife cheats on him behind his back in Section 4?

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. 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 keys)

This section contains 560 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample