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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of projects does the Captain point out that the don has been involved with at the end of Section 9?
(a) Political.
(b) Legal.
(c) Building.
(d) Scientific.

2. Who brings the captain a confession in his office to allow the prisoner watching the interrogation to see?
(a) D'Antona.
(b) Ferlisi.
(c) Livigni.
(d) Mancusi.

3. Who do the two men having a phone conversation in Section 8 believe the police should be more willing to work with?
(a) Government officials.
(b) The poor.
(c) Prominent citizens.
(d) The mafia.

4. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who offers to supply the gun for the murder?
(a) Don Arena.
(b) Saro Pizzuco.
(c) Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Diego Marchica.

5. What does the don say the man claiming he used corrupt building contracts has done to pay him back at the end of Section 9?
(a) Stabbed him in the back.
(b) Laughed at him.
(c) Helped him.
(d) Made fun of him.

6. What occupation does the man Captain Bellodi meets in Section 8 have?
(a) A cook.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A government official.
(d) A teacher.

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

8. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who disposes of the murder weapon?
(a) Pizzuco's wife.
(b) Pizzuco's brother-in-law.
(c) Marchica's mother.
(d) Pizzuco.

9. Who is transferred out of Italy on the police force after the murder trial in Section 10?
(a) Minister Mancusi.
(b) Sergeant D'Antona.
(c) Honorable Member Livigni.
(d) Sergeant Pizzuco.

10. Whose poise is considered unflappable in Section 9?
(a) Don Arena.
(b) Saro Pizzuco.
(c) Diego Marchica.
(d) Mrs. Nicolosi.

11. How does the wife of the high-ranking minister shown at the beginning of Section 8 react when he answers the phone?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Amused.
(d) Excited.

12. What does the Captain find himself discussing with the don rather than the murder case?
(a) Science.
(b) Politics.
(c) Law.
(d) Philosophy.

13. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who does Pizzuco run into after the murder?
(a) Guiseppe Colasberna.
(b) Passerello.
(c) Mrs. Nicolosi.
(d) Paolo Nicolosi.

14. Where does Captain Bellodi tell some girls that most mafia bosses would stay while they were in jail in Section 10?
(a) The infirmary.
(b) In general population.
(c) Their cells.
(d) The warden's office.

15. What is the name of the rocky network of caves and chasms in Sicily?
(a) Montecitorio.
(b) Gramoli Chiarchiaro.
(c) Lupara.
(d) The Carabinieri.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is eventually charged with Nicolosi's murder in Section 10?

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

3. According to the second confession the police hear in Section 7, what was Colasberna offering Pizzuco?

4. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, where does Marchica hide out after the murders?

5. Who does Marchica want to ensure will be implicated for murder along with him at the end of Section 6?

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