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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Medio Mundo
(b) In Barranca
(c) In Mexico City
(d) In Lima

2. What does Lt. Gamboa say he always does when he is Officer of the Guard to pass the time in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) He plays solitaire
(b) He watches television
(c) He studies
(d) He daydreams

3. At what time does the Boa say he has to go on guard in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) 1
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 3

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

5. For how many years does the narrator say his father served the government in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) 10
(b) 30
(c) 45
(d) 20

6. On what day of the week does the narrator’s neighbor go with her aunt to Lima in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) Mondays
(b) Sundays
(c) Thursdays
(d) Tuesdays

7. How is Teresa’s school uniform described in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) A yellow skirt and a white blouse
(b) A blue skirt and a white blouse
(c) A red skirt and a blue blouse
(d) A pink skirt and a white blouse

8. By what nickname is Ricardo Arana known in the Circle?
(a) The Slave
(b) The Jaguar
(c) The Boa
(d) The Poet

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

10. How many hours will Ricardo have outside the Academy on his pass after he’s revealed the person responsible for the chemistry exam theft in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 3
(d) 10

11. 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?
(a) Bellavista
(b) Cajamarca
(c) Tarapoto
(d) Chachapoyas

12. 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) Discipline, rank, field exercises
(b) Paperwork, power, and discipline
(c) Corruption, hierarchy, and power
(d) Money, power, and strength

13. How much does Paulino charge for a slug of pisco at the hideout in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) 25 centavos
(b) 50 centavos
(c) 10 centavos
(d) 15 centavos

14. Teresa’s aunt says that Teresa is almost what age in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) 20
(b) 16
(c) 18
(d) 21

15. Curly describes an earthquake that took place in what year in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) 1910
(b) 1940
(c) 1972
(d) 1989

Short Answer Questions

1. Who exits the meeting with the Boa in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?

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?

3. How many points does Alberto say he needs for the exam in Part One, Chapter 2?

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

5. The three cadets that were last to fall in line are given a choice by Lt. Gamboa for six points or what, in Part One, Chapter 2?

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