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

2. For how many years does the narrator say his father served the government in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 30
(d) 45

3. 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?
(a) Marcela
(b) Rosa
(c) Carmela
(d) Sara

4. At what time do the narrator and his fellow cadets go into Emilio’s house after the dance lesson in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) 1:00 p.m.
(b) 3:00 p.m.
(c) 4:00 p.m.
(d) 2:00 p.m.

5. On what day of the week does the narrator’s neighbor go with her aunt to Lima in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) Thursdays
(b) Sundays
(c) Mondays
(d) Tuesdays

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Alberto say he jumped over the wall and went to a fiesta in La Punta the previous year in Part One, Chapter 6?

2. One of the cadets says that Alberto is half what ethnicity in Part Two, Chapter 1?

3. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 tells his mother that he would rather live with whom than his father?

4. Ricardo’s father tells Alberto that they’ve operated on his son how many times when they meet in the halls of the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?

5. The narrator in Part Two, Chapter 3 describes the Poet as having been flattened by whom in a fight?

(see the answer key)

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