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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. For how many years does the narrator say his father served the government in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) 10
(b) 45
(c) 30
(d) 20

2. What three army noncoms follow Lt. Gamboa as he orders the cadets into line in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Skinny, Marcela, and Vallano
(b) Varua, Morte, and Pezoa
(c) Urioste, Nunez, and Revilla
(d) Curly, the Jaguar, and the Boa

3. With whom does Alberto say he jumped over the wall and went to a fiesta in La Punta the previous year in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Morte
(b) Perico
(c) Urioste
(d) Arrospide

4. Who are “the three victims in the first section” that were late falling into line in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Urioste, Nunez, and Revilla
(b) Varua, Morte, and Pezoa
(c) Curly, the Jaguar, and the Boa
(d) Skinny, Marcela, and Vallano

5. How much money does the narrator borrow from Skinny in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) 1 and a half soles
(b) 4 and a half soles
(c) 3 and a half soles
(d) 2 and a half soles

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. What day of the week is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8, when Lt. Gamboa prepares for field exercises?

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. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 7, “I don’t believe in the devil but sometimes” who makes him wonder?

5. Whose image does Alberto try to remember as he unbuttons his pants at the hideout in Part One, Chapter 5?

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