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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 5-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Saturday
(c) Sunday
(d) Thursday

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) Carmela
(b) Marcela
(c) Rosa
(d) Sara

4. The Slave tells Alberto that who is on duty today in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Huarina
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Lt. Fernandez
(d) Lt. Ferrero

5. How much money does Skinny give to Alberto after they perform the house robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3, while promising him more tomorrow?
(a) 3 soles
(b) 20 soles
(c) 10 soles
(d) 5 soles

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. To whom does the Jaguar say in the barracks in Part Two, Chapter 8, “Yes, you’re a gentleman. Of course you are. Everybody from Miraflores is a gentleman”?

3. Who is sitting at his desk “hunched over like a porcupine” when Lt. Gamboa enters the barracks of the Fifth Year in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 7?

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

5. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 says, “The cadets admired the chaplain because they considered him” what?

(see the answer key)

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