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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. 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?
(a) The Poet
(b) The Boa
(c) Cava
(d) The Jaguar

2. Where do the buglers play their morning alarm on Saturdays, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) The clock tower
(b) The General’s headquarters
(c) The latrines
(d) The parade ground

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

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

5. Where does the narrator say Porfirio Cava grew up in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) The meadowlands
(b) The coast
(c) The mountains
(d) The desert

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. Who exits the meeting with the Boa in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?

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

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

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