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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who offers Marchica money for Colasberna's murder?
(a) Don Arena.
(b) Mrs. Nicolosi.
(c) Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Saro Pizzuco.

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

7. 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) Don Arena.
(b) Diego Marchica.
(c) Saro Pizzuco.
(d) Captain Bellodi.

8. How does Marchica react after reading the confession the police hand him in Section 6?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Begins crying.
(c) Doesn't do anything.
(d) Become enraged.

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

10. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who does Pizzuco assure he will take care of the witness that saw him after the murder?
(a) Passerello.
(b) Diego Marchica.
(c) Mrs. Nicolosi.
(d) Don Arena.

11. How long do the police wait to arrest the next people after the first initial man in Section 6?
(a) One day.
(b) Six hours.
(c) An hour.
(d) Two days.

12. Who does the captain ask the don if he told to get rid of Colasberna?
(a) Diego Marchica.
(b) Ciccio La Rosa.
(c) Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Saro Pizzuco.

13. How many characters are shown at the beginning of Section 9?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

14. 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.

15. How do the police obtain a confession to show Marchica in Section 6?
(a) They forge it.
(b) Pizzuco writes it.
(c) Don Arena writes it.
(d) Mrs. Nicolosi writes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the characters at the beginning of Section 9 consider the most important piece of evidence the police have in their murder investigation?

2. What does the man Captain Bellodi meets in Section 8 tell him his dog's name means?

3. 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?

4. Who reacts in rage when the police show him a full confession implicating him in Section 7?

5. Where is Nicolosi's body discovered in the book?

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