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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the man who comes to talk to the police in Section 5 say does not even exist?
(a) The police.
(b) Violence.
(c) The mafia.
(d) Religion.

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

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

5. What is the name of the man's house that is located on the street the police believe the murderer to have run down after the shooting?
(a) Guiseppe Colasberna.
(b) Saro Pizzuco.
(c) Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Diego Marchica.

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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?
(a) Shoes.
(b) A shirt.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) His coat.

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

13. What profession does the man have in the story the old man tells at the beginning of Section 4?
(a) A priest.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A cook.

14. What is the name of the brother of the man who was killed at the beginning of the book, who talks to police about his death?
(a) Giuseppe Colasberna.
(b) Rosario Pizzuco.
(c) Giuseppe Mancusi.
(d) Diego Marchica.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What political association do the two men at the beginning of Section 3 claim Salvatore Colasberna to be involved with?

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

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