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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 does Alberto buy as a gift for Teresa after he’s done the robbery with Skinny in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) New shoes
(b) A notebook
(c) Chalk
(d) Magazines

2. What is Valdivieso’s nickname in the Circle?
(a) The Slave
(b) The Boa
(c) The Poet
(d) The Jaguar

3. 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) Paranoia
(b) Insomnia
(c) Tachycardia
(d) Tuberculosis

4. What is the name of Alberto’s mother in the novel?
(a) Teresa
(b) Marcela
(c) Helena
(d) Carmela

5. Alberto’s father suggests to Alberto’s mother that they rent a decent house where, in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Lurigancho
(b) Santa Anita
(c) Miraflores
(d) El Salvador

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who does the narrator say he will kill “if he gets scared and drags us into it” in Part One, Chapter 7?

3. What character does the narrator describe in Part One, Chapter 5 as a “half-breed” with “slanted Japanese eyes, thick Negro lips, copper-colored Indian skin, high cheekbones, lank black hair”?

4. At what time does Teresa say her date will be calling for her in Part One, Chapter 4?

5. 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?

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