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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. 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?
(a) 8
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 4

2. 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) Jean-Paul Sartre
(b) Samuel Beckett
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(d) Franz Kafka

3. During the fight at the movie theater, who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say hit him “so hard in the belly I couldn’t breathe”?
(a) Nunez
(b) Varua
(c) Pezoa
(d) Revilla

4. On what day of the week does the narrator’s neighbor go with her aunt to Lima in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) Sundays
(b) Thursdays
(c) Tuesdays
(d) Mondays

5. What is the name of Alberto’s mother in the novel?
(a) Marcela
(b) Carmela
(c) Teresa
(d) Helena

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how many years does the narrator say his father served the government in Part One, Chapter 3?

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

4. What color are the flannel pajamas that Cava wears in Part One, Chapter 1?

5. Where do the members of The Circle meet in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?

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