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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 day of the week is it when Alberto returns home from the Academy in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Sunday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Saturday
(d) Thursday

2. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 tells his mother that he would rather live with whom than his father?
(a) Aunt Adelina
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Skinny Higueras
(d) Uncle Pezoa

3. The narrator says of Lt. Gamboa in Part One, Chapter 8, that he “loved the military life for exactly the same reasons that the others hated it.” What reasons are these?
(a) Corruption, hierarchy, and power
(b) Paperwork, power, and discipline
(c) Discipline, rank, field exercises
(d) Money, power, and strength

4. What number does the Jaguar call out after the roll of dice in the opening of Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) 7
(b) 3
(c) 8
(d) 4

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who answers the door at Teresa’s neighbor’s house when she goes to take a bath there before her date in Part One, Chapter 4?

2. What three army noncoms follow Lt. Gamboa as he orders the cadets into line in Part One, Chapter 2?

3. At what time does Lt. Huarina tell Ricardo to return to the Academy after Ricardo reveals the person responsible for the chemistry exam theft in Part One, Chapter 6?

4. At what time do the narrator and his fellow cadets go into Emilio’s house after the dance lesson in Part One, Chapter 7?

5. How long ago does the narrator say Cava came to Lima to finish school in Part One, Chapter 1?

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