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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 is the name of the person with a spotless reputation that gives Marchica an alibi in Section 10?
(a) Honorable Member Livigni.
(b) Doctor Baccarella.
(c) Minister Mancusi.
(d) Colagero Dibella.

2. What is the name of the rocky network of caves and chasms in Sicily?
(a) Lupara.
(b) Gramoli Chiarchiaro.
(c) The Carabinieri.
(d) Montecitorio.

3. Who brings the captain a confession in his office to allow the prisoner watching the interrogation to see?
(a) D'Antona.
(b) Mancusi.
(c) Ferlisi.
(d) Livigni.

4. How does the wife of the high-ranking minister shown at the beginning of Section 8 react when he answers the phone?
(a) Amused.
(b) Excited.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

5. What is the man being interviewed by police actually telling them when the other prisoner watches the interview from the captain's office?
(a) His personal information.
(b) About his work.
(c) A confession.
(d) About his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Nicolosi's body discovered in the book?

2. Who do the police arrest first in Section 6?

3. Whose poise is considered unflappable in Section 9?

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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the farmer the captain meets in Section 8 describe the meaning of his dog's name?

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

3. How is the Grimoli Chiarchiaro first described in the book?

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

5. What happens when a woman named Livia invites the captain and his friend to her house in Parma?

6. How do the women the captain meet in Parma feel about Sicily?

7. How does the captain try and prove the don had connection to corrupt building projects in Section 9?

8. How does the wife of the high-ranking minister known as "His Excellency" react when he answers a phone call in Section 8?

9. What does the captain do after the mafia get away with murder in Section 10?

10. What is the nature of the conversation between two men regarding Captain Bellodi in Section 8?

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