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

2. What color are the flannel pajamas that Cava wears in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Yellow
(b) Blue
(c) Red
(d) Green

3. 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) Franz Kafka
(c) Samuel Beckett
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson

4. What word from Part One, Chapter 1 refers to a wild South American camelid that lives in the high alpine areas of the Andes?
(a) Perros
(b) Alpaca
(c) Vicuña
(d) Hacienda

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alberto’s father say he’ll send Alberto next year if he does well on his exams in Part One, Chapter 4?

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?

3. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “an excellent soccer player and his kick had tremendous force”?

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

5. What three army noncoms follow Lt. Gamboa as he orders the cadets into line in Part One, Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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