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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. 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) Paulino
(b) Perico
(c) Urioste
(d) Curly

2. Paulino says in Part One, Chapter 5, “These two’ve been together every minute for a whole week,” when referring to Alberto and whom?
(a) The Poet
(b) The Slave
(c) The Boa
(d) The Jaguar

3. 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”?
(a) Revilla
(b) Pezoa
(c) Nunez
(d) Varua

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

5. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 8 that who invented some new illness every two weeks for his wife in order to get a pass?
(a) Lt. Pitaluga
(b) Capt. Garrido
(c) Lt. Huarina
(d) Lt. Gamboa

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes a fight breaking out at the movie theater because what character refused to get rid of the bricks he was sitting on in Part One, Chapter 3?

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

3. At what bakery does the narrator say Tere goes to buy bread from on weekdays in Part One, Chapter 7?

4. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 tells his mother that he would rather live with whom than his father?

5. The narrator describes Alberto as getting off the bus at what stop in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?

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