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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 name of the person with a spotless reputation that gives Marchica an alibi in Section 10?
(a) Minister Mancusi.
(b) Honorable Member Livigni.
(c) Doctor Baccarella.
(d) Colagero Dibella.

2. What is the name of the woman Captain Bellodi and his childhood friend run into on the street in Section 10?
(a) Livia.
(b) Ann.
(c) Penny.
(d) Marie.

3. How does the high-ranking minister react when he hears one of his ministers might have mafia connections in Section 8?
(a) Happy.
(b) Horrified.
(c) Excited.
(d) Sad.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Captain Bellodi's childhood friend that he runs into in Section 10?

2. Who brings the captain a confession in his office to allow the prisoner watching the interrogation to see?

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

4. Whose side of the murder story is told first in Section 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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