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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. Of the cadets at the Academy, Lt. Gamboa says in Part One, Chapter 8, “Half of them are sent here so they won’t turn out to be” what?
(a) Ladies
(b) Momma’s boys
(c) Gangsters
(d) Sissies

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

3. Where does the narrator say Porfirio Cava grew up in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) The mountains
(b) The meadowlands
(c) The coast
(d) The desert

4. Who does the Jaguar say is taking his place on guard in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Curly
(b) The Slave
(c) The Poet
(d) The Boa

5. The narrator of Part One, Chapter 5 says that “Tere went to have lunch on weekdays with some relatives who lived near her school” where?
(a) In Medio Mundo
(b) In Lima
(c) In Barranca
(d) In Mexico City

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 opens the chapter saying “I was in Sáenz Peña and when I left I was going back to” where on foot?

3. What is the name of Pluto’s cousin that “had become the girlfriend of a boy from San Isidro,” according to the narrator of Part One, Chapter 7?

4. 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?

5. Who exits the meeting with the Boa in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?

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