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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. Who does Alberto call from the busy bar in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Capt. Garrido
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Lt. Pitaluga
(d) Lt. Huarina

2. 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?
(a) A right angle
(b) Ten points
(c) A court-martial
(d) A left angle

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

4. Where does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 5 tell his mother he’s going to have lunch with a friend?
(a) In Casma
(b) In Chicuito
(c) In Huarmey
(d) In Chimbote

5. How many rooms does Teresa’s house have besides the kitchen, according to the narrator of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) 10
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2

Short Answer Questions

1. At what bakery does the narrator say Tere goes to buy bread from on weekdays in Part One, Chapter 7?

2. 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?

3. In what country is The Time of the Hero set?

4. Who does the narrator say “had come to watch the lessons, and spent the whole time cracking jokes, making insinuations, mentioning Helena’s name” in Part One, Chapter 7?

5. 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?

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