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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. Alberto’s father suggests to Alberto’s mother that they rent a decent house where, in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Santa Anita
(b) Lurigancho
(c) Miraflores
(d) El Salvador

2. 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) Marcela
(b) Cava
(c) Rosa
(d) Carmela

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

4. Who sleeps in the upper bunk in Cava’s room in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Alberto
(b) Vallano
(c) Marcela
(d) Curly

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. In Part One, Chapter 3, Alberto describes Skinny Higueras as one of his brother’s friends before he was drafted into the army. What is Alberto’s brother’s name?

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

3. Teresa’s aunt says that Teresa is almost what age in Part One, Chapter 4?

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?

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?

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