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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the woman Captain Bellodi and his childhood friend run into on the street in Section 10?
(a) Penny.
(b) Marie.
(c) Livia.
(d) Ann.

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

5. What do the characters at the beginning of Section 9 consider the most important piece of evidence the police have in their murder investigation?
(a) Mrs. Nicolosi's confession.
(b) The don's identity.
(c) Pizzuco's confession.
(d) Marchica's confession.

6. What does the man Captain Bellodi meets in Section 8 tell him his dog's name means?
(a) Happy man.
(b) Bad boy.
(c) Good boy.
(d) Evil person.

7. Whose office is the man the police allow to sit in the captain's office during interrogation able to see into?
(a) Sergeant Livigni's.
(b) Minister Mancusi's.
(c) Sergeant D'Antona's.
(d) Sergeant Major Ferlisi's.

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

9. 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) Mrs. Nicolosi.
(b) Don Arena.
(c) Diego Marchica.
(d) Passerello.

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

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

12. 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.

13. 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) Don Arena.
(c) Passerello.
(d) Saro Pizzuco.

14. Who is concluded to have been involved in the murders Bellodi has been investigating at the end of Section 8?
(a) Ciccio La Rosa.
(b) Minister Mancuso.
(c) Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Minister Livigni.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the minister that is revealed to have possible mafia ties in Section 8?

4. What is the name of the rocky network of caves and chasms in Sicily?

5. Where does the story Captain Bellodi tells some girls he meets in Section 10 about the mafia take place?

(see the answer keys)

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