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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) Tuesdays
(b) Mondays
(c) Sundays
(d) Thursdays

2. The narrator notes in Part One, Chapter 2 of the Fifth Year cadets that they know there are how many minutes between the bugle player’s call and the whistle that calls them to fall in line?
(a) 3 minutes
(b) 20 minutes
(c) 15 minutes
(d) 10 minutes

3. The Slave tells Alberto that who is on duty today in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Fernandez
(b) Lt. Ferrero
(c) Lt. Huarina
(d) Lt. Gamboa

4. Who does the narrator say essentially ran things in the Circle during their Fifth Year in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) The Boa
(b) The Poet
(c) Cava
(d) The Jaguar

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Part One, Chapter 1 refers to a wild South American camelid that lives in the high alpine areas of the Andes?

2. Where do the buglers play their morning alarm on Saturdays, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?

3. 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?

4. On Saturdays, how long do the Fifth Year cadets have “to wash, dress, make their bunks, and fall in” after the bugle call, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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