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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the military academy that Cava and the other boys attend in the novel?
(a) The Hargrave Military Academy
(b) The Leoncio Prado Military Academy
(c) The Admiral Farragut Academy
(d) The School of the Americas

2. The narrator notes in Part One, Chapter 2 of the Fifth Year cadets that they know there are how many minutes between the bugle player’s call and the whistle that calls them to fall in line?
(a) 10 minutes
(b) 15 minutes
(c) 3 minutes
(d) 20 minutes

3. 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) Bellavista
(c) Tarapoto
(d) Chachapoyas

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 does Alberto drink a shot of with Skinny at the bar in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) Rum
(b) Vodka
(c) Pisco
(d) Tequila

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Alberto’s mother in the novel?

2. The narrator describes a fight breaking out at the movie theater because what character refused to get rid of the bricks he was sitting on in Part One, Chapter 3?

3. On Saturdays, how long do the Fifth Year cadets have “to wash, dress, make their bunks, and fall in” after the bugle call, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?

4. Skinny tells Alberto in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3 that the narrator has a nephew who must be about what age by now?

5. Alberto’s father suggests to Alberto’s mother that they rent a decent house where, in Part One, Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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