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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 6 of the infirmary doctors, “they knew that if you put banana peels on your forehead for a couple of hours, your temperature would go up to about” what?
(a) 103
(b) 100
(c) 102
(d) 101

2. 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

3. The narrator says of Lt. Gamboa in Part One, Chapter 8, that he “loved the military life for exactly the same reasons that the others hated it.” What reasons are these?
(a) Money, power, and strength
(b) Paperwork, power, and discipline
(c) Corruption, hierarchy, and power
(d) Discipline, rank, field exercises

4. Who argues with the captain over Alberto’s right to make allegations against the circle in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) Lt. Huarina
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Lt. Ferrero
(d) Lt. Pitaluga

5. What book does Vallano decide to “rent out” to the other cadets in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Don Quixote
(b) Hamlet
(c) To Have and Have Not
(d) Eleodora’s Pleasures

Short Answer Questions

1. After Alberto’s fight on the beach and his trouble with the police in Part Two, Chapter 5, he doesn’t return home but goes to live with whom?

2. Where does Alberto tell his mother he stayed with his friend the night before when he returns home in Part Two, Chapter 5?

3. The Slave tells Alberto that who is on duty today in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?

4. Whose monument does Alberto stop in front of in the darkness in Part Two, Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the military academy that Cava and the other boys attend in the novel?

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