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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. The narrator describes Alberto as getting off the bus at what stop in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Mancora
(b) Alcanfores
(c) Paita
(d) Talara

2. Whose monument does Alberto stop in front of in the darkness in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Néstor Chávez’s
(b) Emilio Carranza’s
(c) Jean-Pierre Blanchard’s
(d) Jorge Chavez’s

3. The young lieutenant who calls for Alberto in Part Two, Chapter 4 tells him to go to the office of his Year and report to whom?
(a) Capt. Garrido
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Lt. Gamboa
(d) Lt. Pitaluga

4. What day of the week is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8, when Lt. Gamboa prepares for field exercises?
(a) Saturday
(b) Monday
(c) Sunday
(d) Thursday

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose image does Alberto try to remember as he unbuttons his pants at the hideout in Part One, Chapter 5?

2. Where does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 5 tell his mother he’s going to have lunch with a friend?

3. The quote that opens Part One, Chapter 1 (“We play the part of heroes because we’re cowards, the part of saints because we’re wicked”) is written by whom?

4. Who does the narrator say essentially ran things in the Circle during their Fifth Year in Part One, Chapter 3?

5. What lieutenant does Alberto insist the captain ask about the Slave’s squealing on Cava in Part Two, Chapter 4?

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