1. Who does Ricardo Arana recall taking his cigarettes and money and once having urinated on him while he slept in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Curly
(b) Revilla
(c) Pezoa
(d) Cava

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

3. What book does Vallano decide to “rent out” to the other cadets in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Hamlet
(b) Don Quixote
(c) Eleodora’s Pleasures
(d) To Have and Have Not

4. Skinny tells Alberto about one time when Alberto’s brother was caught breaking into a house where in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) La Perla
(b) Chiclayo
(c) Chimbote
(d) Trujillo

5. What day of the week is it when Alberto returns home from the Academy in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Tuesday
(b) Thursday
(c) Sunday
(d) Saturday

Short Answer Questions

1. What character does the narrator describe in Part One, Chapter 5 as a “half-breed” with “slanted Japanese eyes, thick Negro lips, copper-colored Indian skin, high cheekbones, lank black hair”?

2. Who does Alberto call from the busy bar in Part Two, Chapter 3?

3. The narrator describes Alberto as getting off the bus at what stop in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?

4. Whose image does Alberto try to remember as he unbuttons his pants at the hideout in Part One, Chapter 5?

5. Curly describes an earthquake that took place in what year in Part One, Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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