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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 6, the Jaguar invented the breath-holding trick, which would lead the attendant to admit one to the infirmary with symptoms of what?
(a) Tachycardia
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Insomnia
(d) Paranoia

2. Who exits the meeting with the Boa in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Curly
(b) Alberto
(c) Cava
(d) Vallano

3. Who does the narrator say he will kill “if he gets scared and drags us into it” in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Cava
(b) Curly
(c) The Boa
(d) The Jaguar

4. The Slave tells Alberto that who is on duty today in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Huarina
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Lt. Fernandez
(d) Lt. Ferrero

5. The narrator of Part One, Chapter 5 says that “Tere went to have lunch on weekdays with some relatives who lived near her school” where?
(a) In Barranca
(b) In Medio Mundo
(c) In Lima
(d) In Mexico City

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are “the three victims in the first section” that were late falling into line in Part One, Chapter 2?

2. What three army noncoms follow Lt. Gamboa as he orders the cadets into line in Part One, Chapter 2?

3. With whom does Teresa say she’s got a date when talking with her aunt in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?

4. The narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 opens the chapter saying “I was in Sáenz Peña and when I left I was going back to” where on foot?

5. What is the name of Pluto’s cousin that “had become the girlfriend of a boy from San Isidro,” according to the narrator of Part One, Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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