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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Navy admiral who gives Pantoja permission to use a ship is chief of what?
(a) River Forces of the Amazon.
(b) Ocean Forces of the Amazon.
(c) Lake Forces of the Amazon.
(d) Sea Forces of the Amazon.

2. The Special Services' pilot mission takes place under the command of whom?
(a) José Abelardo Quiňones.
(b) Andrea Giraldo.
(c) Alberto Santana.
(d) Emilio Cavenecia.

3. What is Beltran's role in the military?
(a) Janitor.
(b) General.
(c) Chaplain.
(d) Cook.

4. What is the name of the Air Force officer who lets Pantoja use a hydroplane?
(a) Natalia Málaga.
(b) Gabriela Pérez del Solar.
(c) Andrés Sarmiento Segovia.
(d) Cecilia Tait.

5. In what year is the Special Services' pilot mission?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1956.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the original name of the Navy ship that Pantoja and the Special Service are allowed to use?

2. What nickname do the prostitutes give to Pantoja?

3. How many men are serviced by the Special Service each week, according to Pantoja in Chapter 5?

4. Rioalto and Caiguas are noted as having a certain indifference toward what type of people?

5. What is Caiguas' first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sinchi, a popular local radio personality, visits the command post for the first time to have a discussion with Pantoja?

2. Why does Pantoja sample strange drinks and concoctions?

3. Why does it take Pantoja and his crew a week to turn the Itaya depot into a suitable work space?

4. What is the issue that Pantoja is being sent to the small city of Iquitos to handle?

5. What does the dispatch from Rear Admiral Carrillo, Chief of the River Forces of the Amazon to Captain Pantoja's superiors say?

6. What is Dispatch Number 2?

7. Why is Pantoja happy at the beginning of Chapter 5?

8. Why is Mother Leonor having a hard time in Iquitos?

9. What does Pocha tell Chichi about Leonor's following of Brother Fransisco?

10. What does Pantoja tell Collazos about red porpoise oil?

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