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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Captain Bellodi say he knows he will go to at the end of the book?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Parma.
(c) Rome.
(d) Nowhere.

2. What happens to a medic that begins treating sick patients rather than members of the mafia according to Captain Bellodi's story in Section 10?
(a) He is fired.
(b) He is beaten up.
(c) He is transferred.
(d) He is killed.

3. Who tells the man watching the interview from the captain's office that his friend is telling the police everything?
(a) Don Arena.
(b) Captain Bellodi.
(c) Minister Mancusi.
(d) Sergeant D'Antona.

4. What is the high-ranking minister shown at the beginning of Section 8 known as?
(a) His Excellency.
(b) Your Honor.
(c) Your Majesty.
(d) Honorable Member.

5. Who do the two men having a phone conversation at the beginning of Section 8 become annoyed at because of their sudden rise in power?
(a) Diego Marchica.
(b) Saro Pizzuco.
(c) Don Arena.
(d) Captain Bellodi.

6. Where is Nicolosi's body discovered in the book?
(a) On the street.
(b) Deep down in a cleft in the earth.
(c) Buried in a hole.
(d) Behind the altar.

7. Whose side of the murder story is told first in Section 7?
(a) Ciccio La Rosa's.
(b) Don Arena's.
(c) Saro Pizzuco's.
(d) Diego Marchica's.

8. Who does Marchica want to ensure will be implicated for murder along with him at the end of Section 6?
(a) Don Arena.
(b) Saro Pizzuco.
(c) Ciccio La Rosa.
(d) Salvatore Colasberna.

9. Who is described as having a violent reputation in Section 7?
(a) Saro Pizzuco.
(b) Don Arena.
(c) Captain Bellodi.
(d) Diego Marchica.

10. Where does the story Captain Bellodi tells some girls he meets in Section 10 about the mafia take place?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A prison infirmary.
(c) A bank.
(d) A church.

11. Who does the Captain use as an example when trying to prove the don used corrupt building contracts in Section 9?
(a) Paolo Nicolosi.
(b) Ciccio La Rosa.
(c) Salvatore Colasberna.
(d) Mr. Fazello.

12. What does Bellodi not bother to do to the man he meets at a crime scene in Section 8?
(a) Question him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Torture him.
(d) Arrest him.

13. Who do the police allow to sit in the captain's office during interrogation in Section 6?
(a) Poalo Nicolosi.
(b) Minister Mancusi.
(c) Saro Pizzuco.
(d) Diego Marchica.

14. Who does the man the police allow to sit in the captain's office first witness the police questioning in Section 6?
(a) Saro Pizzuco.
(b) Mrs. Nicolosi.
(c) Don Arena.
(d) Passerello.

15. Who approaches Captain Bellodi when he returns to the station after finding Nicolosi's body?
(a) Reporters.
(b) The mafia.
(c) Citizens.
(d) The government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man being interviewed by police actually telling them when the other prisoner watches the interview from the captain's office?

2. Where does Captain Bellodi search for the body of Nicolosi in Section 8?

3. How does the high-ranking minister react when he hears one of his ministers might have mafia connections in Section 8?

4. How does Marchica react after reading the confession the police hand him in Section 6?

5. What do the characters shown at the beginning of Section 9 say they will provide for Marchica?

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