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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. What character does the narrator describe in Part One, Chapter 5 as a “half-breed” with “slanted Japanese eyes, thick Negro lips, copper-colored Indian skin, high cheekbones, lank black hair”?
(a) Perico
(b) Paulino
(c) Curly
(d) Urioste

2. For how many years does the narrator say his father served the government in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) 10
(b) 45
(c) 20
(d) 30

3. During the fight at the movie theater, who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say hit him “so hard in the belly I couldn’t breathe”?
(a) Pezoa
(b) Nunez
(c) Revilla
(d) Varua

4. Where do the buglers play their morning alarm on Saturdays, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) The latrines
(b) The parade ground
(c) The General’s headquarters
(d) The clock tower

5. One of the cadets says that Alberto is half what ethnicity in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Inca
(b) Bolivian
(c) Haitian
(d) Trinidadian

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the character that is known as “the Boa” in the Circle?

2. Who is described in Part Two, Chapter 4 as “a very young lieutenant, in charge of a company in the Third”?

3. Who does Alberto say snuck off the Academy property over the wall on Monday and came back at four in the morning in Part One, Chapter 6?

4. What number does the Jaguar call out after the roll of dice in the opening of Part One, Chapter 1?

5. When Alberto goes a second time to see his godfather in Part Two, Chapter 2, the godfather’s daughter tells Alberto that her father will be gone in the mountains for how many days?

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