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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 7, “I don’t believe in the devil but sometimes” who makes him wonder?
(a) The Poet
(b) The Slave
(c) The Boa
(d) The Jaguar

2. 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?
(a) 5 minutes
(b) 8 minutes
(c) 3 minutes
(d) 10 minutes

3. What character does the narrator describe in Part One, Chapter 5 as a “half-breed” with “slanted Japanese eyes, thick Negro lips, copper-colored Indian skin, high cheekbones, lank black hair”?
(a) Curly
(b) Urioste
(c) Perico
(d) Paulino

4. What is the name of the hideout where the cadets buy pisco and cigarettes from Paulino in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) La Brama
(b) Los Perros
(c) La Cuidad
(d) La Perlita

5. Why does the narrator say most of the cadets were in the Academy in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Because they had homosexual tendencies
(b) Because their families wanted to get rid of them for a while
(c) Because they were facing imprisonment or reform school
(d) Because their families were in great need for money

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say reprimands Lt. Huarina in public at the Academy in Part One, Chapter 6?

2. For how many years does the narrator say his father served the government in Part One, Chapter 3?

3. Paulino says in Part One, Chapter 5, “These two’ve been together every minute for a whole week,” when referring to Alberto and whom?

4. According to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 6, the Jaguar invented the breath-holding trick, which would lead the attendant to admit one to the infirmary with symptoms of what?

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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