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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 is the man being interviewed by police actually telling them when the other prisoner watches the interview from the captain's office?
(a) About his family.
(b) About his work.
(c) A confession.
(d) His personal information.

2. Who does the confession the police show Marchica claim is guilty of the murder?
(a) Paolo Nicolosi.
(b) Ciccio La Rosa.
(c) Diego Marchica.
(d) Don Arena.

3. Who does the captain ask the don if he told to get rid of Colasberna?
(a) Saro Pizzuco.
(b) Ciccio La Rosa.
(c) Diego Marchica.
(d) Paolo Nicolosi.

4. What do the characters at the beginning of Section 9 say Marchica must claim to have happened to cause him to confess to murder?
(a) Say police made it up.
(b) Say he was kidding.
(c) Say he was tortured.
(d) Say he lied.

5. Who do the two men having a phone conversation at the beginning of Section 8 become annoyed at because of their sudden rise in power?
(a) Don Arena.
(b) Diego Marchica.
(c) Captain Bellodi.
(d) Saro Pizzuco.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the second confession the police hear in Section 7, what was Colasberna offering Pizzuco?

4. Whose confession does the Captain show the don during an interrogation in Section 9?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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