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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alberto’s father suggests to Alberto’s mother that they rent a decent house where, in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Lurigancho
(b) Miraflores
(c) El Salvador
(d) Santa Anita

2. What lieutenant does Alberto insist the captain ask about the Slave’s squealing on Cava in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) Lt. Pitaluga
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Lt. Ferrero
(d) Lt. Gamboa

3. At what time do the narrator and his fellow cadets go into Emilio’s house after the dance lesson in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) 3:00 p.m.
(b) 1:00 p.m.
(c) 4:00 p.m.
(d) 2:00 p.m.

4. 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?
(a) Cava
(b) The Poet
(c) The Boa
(d) The Jaguar

5. What is the name of Alberto’s mother in the novel?
(a) Carmela
(b) Helena
(c) Teresa
(d) Marcela

Short Answer Questions

1. Skinny tells Alberto in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3 that the narrator has a nephew who must be about what age by now?

2. Where does the narrator suggest that he and his mother go back to in Part One, Chapter 5?

3. One of the cadets says that Alberto is half what ethnicity in Part Two, Chapter 1?

4. Alberto sees Teresa with two girls after the last exam in Part Two, Chapter 4. Where does Teresa tell him they are going?

5. Valdivieso says he believes who made up the nickname that Valdivieso is called in Part Two, Chapter 1?

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