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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Sara
(b) Marcela
(c) Carmela
(d) Rosa

2. Who answers the door at Teresa’s neighbor’s house when she goes to take a bath there before her date in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Rosa
(b) Cava
(c) Carmela
(d) Marcela

3. When the Jaguar is ordered by Lt. Gamboa to go to the guardhouse in Part Two, Chapter 4, he tells Curly, “If this is about the exam, a lot of people are going to” what?
(a) Get expelled from this school
(b) Wish they’d never been born
(c) Go home crying to mama
(d) Get into deep water

4. Who does Alberto ask to see at the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Ricardo Arana
(b) Skinny Higueras
(c) Lt. Gamboa
(d) Capt. Garrido

5. What is the name of the hideout where the cadets buy pisco and cigarettes from Paulino in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) La Brama
(b) La Cuidad
(c) Los Perros
(d) La Perlita

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Jaguar say is taking his place on guard in Part One, Chapter 1?

2. Lt. Huarina is said to own a small store where, in Part One, Chapter 6?

3. In Part One, Chapter 3, Alberto describes Skinny Higueras as one of his brother’s friends before he was drafted into the army. What is Alberto’s brother’s name?

4. Alberto says that each time he goes with Skinny to rob houses, he earns about how much in Part Two, Chapter 4?

5. Who does the Colonel put in charge of transportation for the cadet’s funeral in Part Two, Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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