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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the police arrest next after the first arrest in Section 6?
(a) Passerello.
(b) Ciccio La Rosa and Don Arena.
(c) Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Diego Pizzuco and Don Arena.

2. What do the girls Captain Bellodi and his friend meet in Section 10 believe heats the blood of Sicilian people?
(a) The sun.
(b) Poison.
(c) Fire.
(d) Wine.

3. What does the Captain discover the don lied about that he wishes he could arrest him for but cannot?
(a) His house deed.
(b) His income taxes.
(c) His marriage license.
(d) His will.

4. 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) Diego Marchica.
(b) Ciccio La Rosa.
(c) Don Arena.
(d) Paolo Nicolosi.

5. Who does the Captain use as an example when trying to prove the don used corrupt building contracts in Section 9?
(a) Salvatore Colasberna.
(b) Mr. Fazello.
(c) Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Ciccio La Rosa.

6. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who offers to supply the gun for the murder?
(a) Diego Marchica.
(b) Saro Pizzuco.
(c) Don Arena.
(d) Paolo Nicolosi.

7. Who does the captain ask the don if he told to get rid of Colasberna?
(a) Diego Marchica.
(b) Saro Pizzuco.
(c) Paolo Nicolosi.
(d) Ciccio La Rosa.

8. According to the first confession the police hear in Section 7, who does Pizzuco assure he will take care of the witness that saw him after the murder?
(a) Don Arena.
(b) Passerello.
(c) Diego Marchica.
(d) Mrs. Nicolosi.

9. Who are the characters shown at the beginning of Section 9 worried about confessing?
(a) Diego Marchica.
(b) Minister Mancusi.
(c) Don Arena.
(d) Saro Pizzuco.

10. How does Marchica react after reading the confession the police hand him in Section 6?
(a) Doesn't do anything.
(b) Begins crying.
(c) Become enraged.
(d) Laughs.

11. Who approaches Captain Bellodi when he returns to the station after finding Nicolosi's body?
(a) Reporters.
(b) The government.
(c) Citizens.
(d) The mafia.

12. How does Captain Bellodi feel about the area he searches for Nicolosi's body?
(a) That it is creepy.
(b) It is sad.
(c) It is pretty.
(d) It is holy.

13. Who do the two men having a phone conversation in Section 8 believe the police should be more willing to work with?
(a) Government officials.
(b) Prominent citizens.
(c) The mafia.
(d) The poor.

14. What does Bellodi not bother to do to the man he meets at a crime scene in Section 8?
(a) Question him.
(b) Torture him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Arrest him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many murders does the confession the police show Marchica blame on him?

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

3. Where does Captain Bellodi say he knows he will go to at the end of the book?

4. How does the high-ranking minister react when he hears one of his ministers might have mafia connections in Section 8?

5. How does the don respond when he is shown a confession in Section 9?

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