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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. How does Captain Bellodi react after the girls tell him what they think of his story about the mafia in Section 10?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Happy.

2. What does the confession the police show Marchica in Section 6 say the murderer didn't have?
(a) A conscience.
(b) An alibi.
(c) A weapon.
(d) An accomplice.

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

4. 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) Laughed at him.
(b) Made fun of him.
(c) Helped him.
(d) Stabbed him in the back.

5. Which character has been to prison many times and doesn't really mind going back in the book?
(a) Saro Pizzuco.
(b) Paolo Nicolosi.
(c) Diego Marchica.
(d) Passerello.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the confession the police show Marchica claim is guilty of the murder?

3. Who does the man the police allow to sit in the captain's office first witness the police questioning in Section 6?

4. Who do the two men having a phone conversation in Section 8 believe the police should be more willing to work with?

5. Who is concluded to have been involved in the murders Bellodi has been investigating at the end of Section 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the police's first interrogation of Pizzuco in Section 6 of the book?

2. How does the wife of the high-ranking minister known as "His Excellency" react when he answers a phone call in Section 8?

3. What is the nature of the conversation between two men regarding Captain Bellodi in Section 8?

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

5. What is the nature of the confession the police show to Marchica in Section 6?

6. What are the two men talking at the beginning of Section 9 worried about?

7. What does the captain do after the mafia get away with murder in Section 10?

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

9. What is the nature of the conversation between two high-ranking officials regarding a newspaper in Section 8?

10. What do the two men talking at the beginning of Section 9 decide to do for Marchica?

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