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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. Which of the following realizations does Captain Bellodi not have regarding the murder trial after returning to his hometown in Section 10?
(a) No one will ever admit to the existense of the mafia.
(b) He is a bad policeman.
(c) His detective work has come to nothing.
(d) No one will find a connection between the mafia and important officials.

2. What does Pizzuco do after he assumes the police know everything about the murder?
(a) Prays.
(b) Attempts suicide.
(c) Cursing Marchica.
(d) Curses the don.

3. Where is Nicolosi's body discovered in the book?
(a) Buried in a hole.
(b) On the street.
(c) Deep down in a cleft in the earth.
(d) Behind the altar.

4. Whose side of the murder story is told second in Section 7?
(a) Saro Pizzuco's.
(b) Paolo Nicolosi's.
(c) Don Arena's.
(d) Diego Marchica's.

5. What does Marchica believe after the police show him a confession in Section 6?
(a) That the police are liars.
(b) That the don confessed.
(c) That Pizzuco confessed.
(d) That he is innocent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the girls Captain Bellodi tells a story about the mafia to in Section 10 feel about the story?

3. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who claims they had no prior knowledge about the murder until after it occurred?

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

5. Who tells the man watching the interview from the captain's office that his friend is telling the police everything?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Marchica react when the police show him a confession in Section 6?

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

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

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

9. How do the police obtain a murder confession to show Marchica in Section 6?

10. What is the captain's initial impression of the Grimoli Chiarchiaro?

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