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

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

3. Where does Captain Bellodi search for the body of Nicolosi in Section 8?
(a) The church.
(b) The Piazza Garibaldi.
(c) Via Cavour.
(d) The Grimoli Chiarchiaro.

4. What do the confessions the police obtain insinuate Colasberna did to cause him to be murdered?
(a) Insulted Pizzuco.
(b) Wouldn't quit his job.
(c) Wouldn't pay the mafia.
(d) Insulted the don.

5. What word does Captain Bellodi discover a man's dog's name to be derived from in Section 8 that means chief of police?
(a) Carabinieri.
(b) Brescianelli.
(c) Bargello.
(d) Montecitorio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the characters shown at the beginning of Section 9 worried about confessing?

2. Whose office is the man the police allow to sit in the captain's office during interrogation able to see into?

3. What does the confession the police show Marchica in Section 6 say the murderer didn't have?

4. Where does Captain Bellodi tell some girls that most mafia bosses would stay while they were in jail in Section 10?

5. What occupation does the man Captain Bellodi meets in Section 8 have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pizzuco claim Marchica fooled him into helping him get away with murder?

2. How does Pizzuco react when the police show him Marchica's confession?

3. How does the farmer the captain meets in Section 8 describe the meaning of his dog's name?

4. What happens when a woman named Livia invites the captain and his friend to her house in Parma?

5. What does the captain say to Marchica while he watches Pizzuco being interrogated?

6. How does Don Arena react when the police show him Marchica's confession in Section 9?

7. How does Don Arena react to his police interrogation in Section 9?

8. What does Marchica claim was the reason Pizzuco asked to have Salvatore killed?

9. How do the women the captain meet in Parma feel about Sicily?

10. Why does Pizzuco tell the police he didn't come to them with information regarding Salvatore's murder at the end of Section 7?

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