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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. Who does Alberto ask to see at the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Skinny Higueras
(b) Capt. Garrido
(c) Lt. Gamboa
(d) Ricardo Arana

2. Who are “the three victims in the first section” that were late falling into line in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Curly, the Jaguar, and the Boa
(b) Urioste, Nunez, and Revilla
(c) Skinny, Marcela, and Vallano
(d) Varua, Morte, and Pezoa

3. What is Alberto’s last name in the novel?
(a) Arana
(b) Hernandez
(c) Huarina
(d) Fernandez

4. Where does Alberto’s father say he’ll send Alberto next year if he does well on his exams in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Mexico City
(b) The Soviet Union
(c) Paris
(d) The United States

5. How long ago does Alberto say that Teresa came to live next door to him in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) 3 years ago
(b) 1 year ago
(c) 4 years ago
(d) 2 years ago

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Pluto’s cousin that “had become the girlfriend of a boy from San Isidro,” according to the narrator of Part One, Chapter 7?

2. Alberto says that each time he goes with Skinny to rob houses, he earns about how much in Part Two, Chapter 4?

3. What day of the week is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8, when Lt. Gamboa prepares for field exercises?

4. When the Jaguar is ordered by Lt. Gamboa to go to the guardhouse in Part Two, Chapter 4, he tells Curly, “If this is about the exam, a lot of people are going to” what?

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

(see the answer key)

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