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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 the don respond when he is shown a confession in Section 9?
(a) Excited.
(b) Angry.
(c) Upset.
(d) Sad.

2. Who do the two men having a phone conversation in Section 8 believe the police should be more willing to work with?
(a) Prominent citizens.
(b) The mafia.
(c) The poor.
(d) Government officials.

3. Who do the police allow to sit in the captain's office during interrogation in Section 6?
(a) Poalo Nicolosi.
(b) Minister Mancusi.
(c) Saro Pizzuco.
(d) Diego Marchica.

4. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who offers to supply the gun for the murder?
(a) Don Arena.
(b) Diego Marchica.
(c) Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Saro Pizzuco.

5. What does the Captain find himself discussing with the don rather than the murder case?
(a) Law.
(b) Science.
(c) Politics.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the girls Captain Bellodi and his friend meet in Section 10 believe heats the blood of Sicilian people?

3. Where does Captain Bellodi search for the body of Nicolosi in Section 8?

4. Which of the following realizations does Captain Bellodi not have regarding the murder trial after returning to his hometown in Section 10?

5. Who does Marchica want to ensure will be implicated for murder along with him at the end of Section 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Don Arena react when police mention his daughter during his interrogation in Section 9?

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

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

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

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

6. How does the captain try and prove the don had connection to corrupt building projects in Section 9?

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

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

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

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

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