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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 is the character that is known as “the Boa” in the Circle?
(a) Cava
(b) Alberto
(c) Valdivieso
(d) Ricardo

2. The narrator describes the morning wind springing up where in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Arequipa
(b) Cusco
(c) Moquegua
(d) La Perla

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

4. What is the name of the hideout where the cadets buy pisco and cigarettes from Paulino in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) La Brama
(b) La Perlita
(c) La Cuidad
(d) Los Perros

5. The narrator notes in Part One, Chapter 2 of the Fifth Year cadets that they know there are how many minutes between the bugle player’s call and the whistle that calls them to fall in line?
(a) 15 minutes
(b) 3 minutes
(c) 20 minutes
(d) 10 minutes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lt. Gamboa say he always does when he is Officer of the Guard to pass the time in Part One, Chapter 8?

2. Who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say lives next door to him and often comes to the door when he knocks unless her aunt does?

3. Skinny tells Alberto about one time when Alberto’s brother was caught breaking into a house where in Part Two, Chapter 2?

4. Who is the narrator that describes his birthday in Part Two, Chapter 2?

5. By what name do the elder-classmen of the academy refer to the under-classmen?

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