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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. Lt. Gamboa tells the cadets in the Fifth to take attack formation and for each man to stand how far apart from the next in Part Two, Chapter 5?
(a) 10 yards
(b) 20 yards
(c) 15 yards
(d) 5 yards

2. How many years have passed since Lt. Gamboa was a cadet and went to the movies with Rosa every Sunday in Part Two, Chapter 8?
(a) 3
(b) 10
(c) 8
(d) 5

3. With whom does Alberto say he jumped over the wall and went to a fiesta in La Punta the previous year in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Morte
(b) Urioste
(c) Arrospide
(d) Perico

4. What is the name of the commandant that is in the colonel’s office when Alberto enters in Part Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Perico
(b) Cava
(c) Altuna
(d) Revilla

5. What is Alberto’s last name in the novel?
(a) Fernandez
(b) Hernandez
(c) Huarina
(d) Arana

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alberto goes a second time to see his godfather in Part Two, Chapter 2, the godfather’s daughter tells Alberto that her father will be gone in the mountains for how many days?

2. The narrator of Part One, Chapter 5 says that “Tere went to have lunch on weekdays with some relatives who lived near her school” where?

3. Where does the narrator suggest that he and his mother go back to in Part One, Chapter 5?

4. What is the name of the dog that the narrator describes howling all night in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 1?

5. Where does Alberto’s father say he’ll send Alberto next year if he does well on his exams in Part One, Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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