2. 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) Cajamarca
(b) Chachapoyas
(c) Bellavista
(d) Tarapoto

3. By what name do the elder-classmen of the academy refer to the under-classmen?
(a) Rookies
(b) Dogs
(c) Chickens
(d) Birds

4. The quote that opens Part One, Chapter 1 (“We play the part of heroes because we’re cowards, the part of saints because we’re wicked”) is written by whom?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(b) Jean-Paul Sartre
(c) Samuel Beckett
(d) Franz Kafka

5. 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) A left angle
(b) A court-martial
(c) Ten points
(d) A right angle

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2, “this Saturday was an exception. The field exercises had been canceled because the Fifth was scheduled to take” what exam?

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

3. The narrator describes the morning wind springing up where in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?

4. With whom does Teresa say she’s got a date when talking with her aunt in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?

5. Where does the narrator say Porfirio Cava grew up in Part One, Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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