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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) His personal information.
(b) About his work.
(c) A confession.
(d) About his family.

2. Which of the following realizations does Captain Bellodi not have regarding the murder trial after returning to his hometown in Section 10?
(a) He is a bad policeman.
(b) No one will ever admit to the existense of the mafia.
(c) His detective work has come to nothing.
(d) No one will find a connection between the mafia and important officials.

3. Who is eventually charged with Nicolosi's murder in Section 10?
(a) Mrs. Nicolosi and her lover.
(b) Saro Pizzuco.
(c) Ciccio La Rosa.
(d) Diego Marchica.

4. What does the confession the police show Marchica in Section 6 say the murderer didn't have?
(a) A weapon.
(b) A conscience.
(c) An accomplice.
(d) An alibi.

5. Why does Marchica claim is the only reason he confessed during the murder trial in Section 10?
(a) Because he was scared.
(b) Because police made him.
(c) Because he felt like it.
(d) Because he was angry at Pizzuco.

6. Who does the confession the police show Marchica claim is guilty of the murder?
(a) Ciccio La Rosa.
(b) Don Arena.
(c) Diego Marchica.
(d) Paolo Nicolosi.

7. What does a man reveal to a high-ranking minister will be on the front page of a newspaper at the beginning of Section 8?
(a) A picture of Don Arena with an important minister.
(b) A picture of Marchica with a government official.
(c) An accusation of murder.
(d) A picture of a minister with Pizzuco.

8. Who is the person that writes a confession at the beginning of Section 7 hoping to take down with him?
(a) Don Arena.
(b) Colagero Dibella.
(c) Ciccio La Rosa.
(d) Saro Pizzuco.

9. According to the second confession the police hear in Section 7, what was Colasberna offering Pizzuco?
(a) An alibi.
(b) Business advice.
(c) Money.
(d) Marriage advice.

10. What do the girls Captain Bellodi and his friend meet in Section 10 believe heats the blood of Sicilian people?
(a) The sun.
(b) Wine.
(c) Poison.
(d) Fire.

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

12. 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 killed.
(d) He is transferred.

13. How does the don respond when he is shown a confession in Section 9?
(a) Upset.
(b) Sad.
(c) Excited.
(d) Angry.

14. What does a confession suggest is the only motivation for Marchica to commit murder?
(a) He is a psychopath.
(b) His violent temper.
(c) He holds grudges.
(d) There is no reason.

15. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who claims they had no prior knowledge about the murder until after it occurred?
(a) Ciccio La Rosa.
(b) Diego Marchica.
(c) Don Arena.
(d) Saro Pizzuco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the police allow to sit in the captain's office during interrogation in Section 6?

2. Who writes a full confession at the beginning of Section 7?

3. How does Captain Bellodi feel about the area he searches for Nicolosi's body?

4. How do the girls Captain Bellodi tells a story about the mafia to in Section 10 feel about the story?

5. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who disposes of the murder weapon?

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