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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. Vallano asks Alberto if he attended what academy in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) La Cigüeña Academy
(b) La Salle Academy
(c) La Honduras Academy
(d) La Zapata Academy

2. The narrator says of Lt. Gamboa in Part One, Chapter 8, that he “loved the military life for exactly the same reasons that the others hated it.” What reasons are these?
(a) Discipline, rank, field exercises
(b) Paperwork, power, and discipline
(c) Money, power, and strength
(d) Corruption, hierarchy, and power

3. Where do Tere’s aunt and uncle live in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) On Arica Avenue
(b) On Progreso Avenue
(c) On Sáenz Peña Avenue
(d) On Francisco Pizarro Avenue

4. Where does Alberto say Skinny Higueras always waited for him when Alberto slipped out of school in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) In the Bellavista Plaza
(b) Arica Avenue
(c) In Moquegua
(d) Francisco Pizarro Avenue

5. Who does the Colonel put in charge of transportation for the cadet’s funeral in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Fernandez
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Lt. Pitaluga
(d) Lt. Huarina

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the instructor of the physical education class that Alberto describes sneaking out of in Part Two, Chapter 1?

2. Skinny tells Alberto in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3 that the narrator has a nephew who must be about what age by now?

3. How much money does Skinny give to Alberto after they perform the house robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3, while promising him more tomorrow?

4. On Saturdays, how long do the Fifth Year cadets have “to wash, dress, make their bunks, and fall in” after the bugle call, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?

5. How old does the narrator say the dog is that lives at the Academy in Part Two, Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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