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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. Where does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 describe going to soccer games on the days when his neighbor goes to Lima with her aunt?
(a) Potao
(b) Mancora
(c) Zana
(d) Talara

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

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. By what name do the elder-classmen of the academy refer to the under-classmen?
(a) Rookies
(b) Birds
(c) Dogs
(d) Chickens

5. What is the name of the military academy that Cava and the other boys attend in the novel?
(a) The Admiral Farragut Academy
(b) The School of the Americas
(c) The Leoncio Prado Military Academy
(d) The Hargrave Military Academy

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sleeps in the upper bunk in Cava’s room in Part One, Chapter 1?

2. What number does the Jaguar call out after the roll of dice in the opening of Part One, Chapter 1?

3. Who does the Jaguar say is taking his place on guard in Part One, Chapter 1?

4. What does Alberto drink a shot of with Skinny at the bar in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3?

5. Who are “the three victims in the first section” that were late falling into line in Part One, Chapter 2?

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