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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What answer does Calzada receive when he asks, “When are they going to strip off his insignia?” in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Monday at eleven
(b) Tuesday at noon
(c) Friday at six
(d) Thursday at one

2. Who answers the door at Teresa’s neighbor’s house when she goes to take a bath there before her date in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Cava
(b) Rosa
(c) Marcela
(d) Carmela

3. 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?
(a) 3 minutes
(b) 10 minutes
(c) 5 minutes
(d) 8 minutes

4. 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?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 3

5. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “an excellent soccer player and his kick had tremendous force”?
(a) Pezoa
(b) Revilla
(c) Morte
(d) Urioste

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say “drank in secret while he was Officer of the Guard” in Part One, Chapter 8?

2. How many points does Alberto say he needs for the exam in Part One, Chapter 2?

3. Who are “the three victims in the first section” that were late falling into line in Part One, Chapter 2?

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

5. 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?

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