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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) His violent temper.
(b) He is a psychopath.
(c) There is no reason.
(d) He holds grudges.

2. According to the second confession the police hear in Section 7, what was Colasberna offering Pizzuco?
(a) Money.
(b) Marriage advice.
(c) Business advice.
(d) An alibi.

3. Where does Captain Bellodi tell some girls that most mafia bosses would stay while they were in jail in Section 10?
(a) The warden's office.
(b) The infirmary.
(c) Their cells.
(d) In general population.

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 he lied.
(b) Say he was kidding.
(c) Say he was tortured.
(d) Say police made it up.

5. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who is accused of fooling a man into allowing him access to a shelter after the murder?
(a) Paolo Nicolosi.
(b) Diego Marchica.
(c) Don Arena.
(d) Ciccio La Rosa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Captain find himself discussing with the don rather than the murder case?

2. What happens to a medic that begins treating sick patients rather than members of the mafia according to Captain Bellodi's story in Section 10?

3. What does the don say the man claiming he used corrupt building contracts has done to pay him back at the end of Section 9?

4. Who does the captain ask the don if he told to get rid of Colasberna?

5. What does the confession the police show Marchica in Section 6 say the murderer didn't have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Marchica and Pizzuco's testimonies in Section 10?

2. Why do the police arrest Marchica before the other suspects in Section 6?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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