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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 describes Alberto as getting off the bus at what stop in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Talara
(b) Paita
(c) Mancora
(d) Alcanfores

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

3. Where do Tere’s aunt and uncle live in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) On Progreso Avenue
(b) On Arica Avenue
(c) On Francisco Pizarro Avenue
(d) On Sáenz Peña Avenue

4. Teresa’s aunt says that Teresa is almost what age in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) 16
(b) 18
(c) 21
(d) 20

5. Who does Ricardo Arana recall taking his cigarettes and money and once having urinated on him while he slept in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Revilla
(b) Curly
(c) Cava
(d) Pezoa

Short Answer Questions

1. What answer does Calzada receive when he asks, “When are they going to strip off his insignia?” in Part One, Chapter 8?

2. The quote that opens Part One, Chapter 1 (“We play the part of heroes because we’re cowards, the part of saints because we’re wicked”) is written by whom?

3. What day of the week is it when Alberto returns home from the Academy in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?

4. Who is the lieutenant on duty that is dozing in a chair when Lt. Gamboa enters the guardhouse in Part One, Chapter 8?

5. On what day of the week does the narrator’s neighbor go with her aunt to Lima in Part One, Chapter 3?

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