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

2. Who is described as having a violent reputation in Section 7?
(a) Captain Bellodi.
(b) Don Arena.
(c) Saro Pizzuco.
(d) Diego Marchica.

3. Where does Captain Bellodi say he knows he will go to at the end of the book?
(a) Rome.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) Parma.
(d) Sicily.

4. What do the characters shown at the beginning of Section 9 say they will provide for Marchica?
(a) Death.
(b) An undeniable alibi.
(c) A way out.
(d) Protection.

5. Why does Marchica claim is the only reason he confessed during the murder trial in Section 10?
(a) Because he was angry at Pizzuco.
(b) Because he felt like it.
(c) Because police made him.
(d) Because he was scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is transferred out of Italy on the police force after the murder trial in Section 10?

2. How long do the police wait to arrest the next people after the first initial man in Section 6?

3. What is the name of the woman Captain Bellodi and his childhood friend run into on the street in Section 10?

4. What kind of men do the characters at the beginning of Section 9 say they must find to clear Marchica of murder?

5. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who disposes of the murder weapon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the nature of the captain's story regarding a prison medic in Section 10?

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

4. How is the Grimoli Chiarchiaro first described in the book?

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

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

7. Why does the captain decide not to interview a farmer he meets in Section 8?

8. What is the nature of Dr. Baccarella's testimony in Section 10?

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

10. How does the author say Marchica feels about going to prison in Section 7?

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