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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. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 7, “I don’t believe in the devil but sometimes” who makes him wonder?
(a) The Poet
(b) The Boa
(c) The Jaguar
(d) The Slave

2. Who does the narrator say reprimands Lt. Huarina in public at the Academy in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Capt. Garrido
(b) Lt. Ferrero
(c) Lt. Gamboa
(d) Lt. Pitaluga

3. The three cadets that were last to fall in line are given a choice by Lt. Gamboa for six points or what, in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Ten points
(b) A court-martial
(c) A right angle
(d) A left angle

4. The narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 opens the chapter saying “I was in Sáenz Peña and when I left I was going back to” where on foot?
(a) Chachapoyas
(b) Bellavista
(c) Cajamarca
(d) Tarapoto

5. As Alberto walks from the bus station to his house in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4, a group of small boys calls out to him. What do they ask Alberto?
(a) Where is your mother?
(b) Where is your little sister?
(c) Are you selling chocolates?
(d) Are you the milk man?

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. Where does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 describe going to soccer games on the days when his neighbor goes to Lima with her aunt?

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

4. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “an excellent soccer player and his kick had tremendous force”?

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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