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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. What is the name of the military academy that Cava and the other boys attend in the novel?
(a) The Hargrave Military Academy
(b) The Leoncio Prado Military Academy
(c) The School of the Americas
(d) The Admiral Farragut 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) Corruption, hierarchy, and power
(b) Paperwork, power, and discipline
(c) Discipline, rank, field exercises
(d) Money, power, and strength

3. Paulino says in Part One, Chapter 5, “These two’ve been together every minute for a whole week,” when referring to Alberto and whom?
(a) The Boa
(b) The Slave
(c) The Poet
(d) The Jaguar

4. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “the huskiest cadet in the first section, perhaps in the whole Academy”?
(a) Morte
(b) Revilla
(c) Pezoa
(d) Urioste

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lt. Gamboa tell the Jaguar to take with him to the guardhouse when he approached him in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 4?

2. Where do the members of The Circle meet in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of the friend of Skinny’s that meets Skinny and Alberto to perform a robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3?

4. The narrator describes the morning wind springing up where in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?

5. How long ago does Alberto say that Teresa came to live next door to him in Part Two, Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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