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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. 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) Mondays
(c) Tuesdays
(d) Thursdays

2. What do Alberto’s mother’s women friends come over to play every afternoon in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Chess
(b) Canasta
(c) Bridge
(d) Poker

3. Who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say lives next door to him and often comes to the door when he knocks unless her aunt does?
(a) Teresa
(b) Helena
(c) Carmela
(d) Marcela

4. Where does Alberto’s father say he’ll send Alberto next year if he does well on his exams in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) The United States
(b) The Soviet Union
(c) Mexico City
(d) Paris

5. Where do the members of The Circle meet in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) The cave
(b) The exercise fields
(c) The latrine
(d) The rooftop

Short Answer Questions

1. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “the huskiest cadet in the first section, perhaps in the whole Academy”?

2. 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”?

3. 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?

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

5. How long ago does the narrator say Cava came to Lima to finish school in Part One, Chapter 1?

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