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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. Who is shown documents involving plans for a war against Turi?

2. What does Turi make the Cardinal read when together in the mountains?

3. Who is waiting for Turi at Castelvetrano?

4. Who is put in charge of patrolling the land of the nobility?

5. When Andolini reaches for a guard's gun, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the marriage between Turi and Justina.

2. Why does Aspanu form an alliance with Don Croce?

3. Why is Passatempo killed for betraying Turi?

4. Who is the first person Turi and his band kidnap and what happens after?

5. After the 1948 election, what happens to the land that is supposed to be distributed to the peasants?

6. What is discussed between Michael Corleone and Don Domenic Clemenza when they meet in the town of Trapani?

7. What occurs at the meeting that takes place in Montelepre at the home of Hector Adonis, between Don Croce and Turi?

8. When Michael returns to America after his exile in Sicily, what do he and his father, Vito Corleone, talk about involving Turi?

9. Why does Hector Adonis meet with Turi to discuss a particular set of documents?

10. Discuss the visit that occurs between Aspanu and Michael in the middle of the night.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between the Black Market and the monastery that is discussed in detail in The Sicilian. Support your answer by citing examples from the text in order to explain how and why the two are related in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contract the character of Turi with the character of Aspanu. Cite examples from the story in order to support your answer by describing at least three qualities that were similar and different between the two characters.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of police, or the "carabinieri", in The Sicilian. What was their involvement in the story and in what ways did they play a large part of the book? Give examples from the text in order to support your response.

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