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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. What day of the week is it when Alberto returns home from the Academy in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Sunday
(b) Thursday
(c) Saturday
(d) Tuesday

2. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 tells his mother that he would rather live with whom than his father?
(a) Skinny Higueras
(b) Aunt Adelina
(c) Lt. Gamboa
(d) Uncle Pezoa

3. Of what cadet does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say he “never talks any more. It’s over four days since his buddy’s funeral, he could’ve got over it by now, but he’s even worse”?
(a) Alberto
(b) Babe
(c) Curly
(d) The Boa

4. Where does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 describe going to soccer games on the days when his neighbor goes to Lima with her aunt?
(a) Talara
(b) Mancora
(c) Zana
(d) Potao

5. By what name do the elder-classmen of the academy refer to the under-classmen?
(a) Chickens
(b) Birds
(c) Dogs
(d) Rookies

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book does Vallano decide to “rent out” to the other cadets in Part One, Chapter 6?

3. As Alberto walks from the bus station to his house in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4, a group of small boys calls out to him. What do they ask Alberto?

4. What is revealed in Lt. Gamboa’s telegram in the Epilogue of the novel?

5. Where do the members of The Circle meet in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?

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