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

2. What month is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) September
(b) July
(c) March
(d) October

3. Where does Alberto’s father say he’ll send Alberto next year if he does well on his exams in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) The United States
(b) Mexico City
(c) The Soviet Union
(d) Paris

4. 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) Rosa
(b) Marcela
(c) Carmela
(d) Cava

5. What is the name of Alberto’s mother in the novel?
(a) Teresa
(b) Carmela
(c) Marcela
(d) Helena

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the lieutenant on duty that is dozing in a chair when Lt. Gamboa enters the guardhouse in Part One, Chapter 8?

2. Of the cadets at the Academy, Lt. Gamboa says in Part One, Chapter 8, “Half of them are sent here so they won’t turn out to be” what?

3. On what day of the week does the narrator’s neighbor go with her aunt to Lima in Part One, Chapter 3?

4. What number does the Jaguar call out after the roll of dice in the opening of Part One, Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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