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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. Curly describes an earthquake that took place in what year in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) 1989
(b) 1910
(c) 1972
(d) 1940

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

3. What do Alberto’s mother’s women friends come over to play every afternoon in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Poker
(b) Chess
(c) Canasta
(d) Bridge

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

5. Where does Alberto’s father say he’ll send Alberto next year if he does well on his exams in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) The United States
(b) The Soviet Union
(c) Mexico City
(d) Paris

Short Answer Questions

1. How many points does Alberto say he needs for the exam in Part One, Chapter 2?

2. 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?

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. 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?

5. Teresa’s aunt says that Teresa is almost what age in Part One, Chapter 4?

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