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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Aspanu taken after arriving at the Bellampo Barracks?

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

3. Who does Don Croce send in order to give Turi a message from the Friends of the Friends?

4. When Turi is shot for refusing to give the name of the person who gives him cheese, what does he do in return?

5. What provides a means of existence for the people of Sicily after the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the meeting between Don Croce and the Mafia chiefs at the Hotel Umberto.

3. Before the Fiesta, what happens to Turi and his cousin, Aspanu?

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

5. Why is Turi arrested before the Fiesta and how is he released?

6. How does Turi Guiliano become a bandit?

7. Who is Silvestro and why does he join Turi's band?

8. When Turi and Aspanu escape the police in the mountains, what do they do?

9. Where was Don Croce born and what did his life entail while growing up?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Turi and Don Croce throughout the story. Why did they become enemies when they were once civil to each other?

Essay Topic 2

Some fiction stories contain a moral at the end of the story. Discuss the moral that readers could gain by the end of The Sicilian. Cite examples from the story in order to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

The Sicilian was written in third-person; this allowed readers an understanding of each character from a distance. Discuss the usage of third-person in the text. Explain how it was used as well as the effects it had on readers.

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