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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Little Priest originally mail his confession to in Section 5?
(a) Sergeant D'Antona.
(b) Captain Bellodi.
(c) The priest.
(d) Don Arena.

2. Whose names does the police informant give to the captain at the end of Section 2?
(a) Ciccio La Rosa and Saro Pizzuco.
(b) Guiseppe Colasberna and Ciccio La Rosa.
(c) Diego Marchica and Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Diego Marchica and Ciccio Nicolosi.

3. What profession did the police informant on the mafia previously have before selling out?
(a) A sheep rustler.
(b) A waiter.
(c) A barber.
(d) A police officer.

4. Which of the following things does the workers for the man of honor shown (at the beginning of Section 2) not do after not being paid?
(a) Become desperate from starvation.
(b) Protest.
(c) Demand money.
(d) Shoot at the man of honor.

5. A man is shot getting on a bus which is traveling where?
(a) Pisa.
(b) Naples.
(c) Palermo.
(d) Parma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following men do the police not arrest after getting Little Priest's letter?

2. Where is the opening scene of the book located?

3. What does the old man in Section 4 believe a certain spy does not act with enough of?

4. What is the Italian name for the police that is used in the book?

5. How many anonymous letters do the police have with ideas of who killed the man at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the captain ask the men of the Santa Fara Co-op to write down their names and addresses at the end of Section 1?

2. What is the nature of the conversation between two Sicilian men at the beginning of Section 2?

3. How does Little Priest die?

4. How did Little Priest earn a living before becoming a police informant?

5. What is the nature of the speech a man gives to the police regarding Don Arena in Section 5?

6. What information do the police first find out regarding Salvatore after his identity is discovered?

7. How is the captain able to get reliable information from Little Priest in Section 2 despite knowing he was lying to him?

8. What is the nature of the conversation between two men at the beginning of Section 3 regarding the mafia?

9. How do the passengers on the bus react after a man is shot at the beginning of the book?

10. Why does the police captain tell Giuseppe he believes his brother was shot in Section 1?

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