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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. By what age did Don Croce become the strongest don in the Sicilian Maffia?
(a) 35.
(b) 50.
(c) 17.
(d) 40.

2. What does Turi and Aspanu do for the black market?
(a) They picket it.
(b) They smuggle food between provinces.
(c) They run the business.
(d) They attack it.

3. What are Turi's feelings toward the Mafia?
(a) He wants to join them.
(b) He is unsure of them.
(c) He fears and hates them.
(d) He feels they are the only way to help the people of Sicily.

4. Who is Turi's godfather?
(a) Hector Adonis.
(b) Aspanu.
(c) Don Croce.
(d) Prince Ollorto.

5. Where was Don Croce born?
(a) Rome.
(b) Villaba.
(c) Palermo.
(d) Montelepre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is spotted riding a donkey into the mountains that causes Turi and Aspanu to be cautious?

2. What does Don Croce give the Duke after his estate is robbed?

3. What was Don Croce trained to do for work when he was growing up?

4. What was viewed as the rival to government in the story?

5. Who is Silvestro selected to execute as a test to his devotion to Turi's band?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Don Croce become part of the Mafia?

2. What is Turi's job while staying at the monastery run by The Abbot?

3. What is the black market and who runs it?

4. When Michael meets Turi's parents, what does Turi's father discuss with him?

5. Discuss the Sicilian flag that Turi and Aspanu raise while in the mountains.

6. Why does Hector Adonis want Turi to reach an accommodation with the Friends of the Friends?

7. After Turi is hurt by the carabinieri, where does he go for help?

8. Discuss the kidnapping of Prince Ollorto.

9. What do Turi and Aspanu spot in Montelepre that makes them angry?

10. What crime is popular in Sicily during Turi's time spent as a bandit?

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