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

2. When the Jaguar is ordered by Lt. Gamboa to go to the guardhouse in Part Two, Chapter 4, he tells Curly, “If this is about the exam, a lot of people are going to” what?
(a) Get into deep water
(b) Wish they’d never been born
(c) Go home crying to mama
(d) Get expelled from this school

3. Who does the narrator say he will kill “if he gets scared and drags us into it” in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) The Jaguar
(b) Cava
(c) Curly
(d) The Boa

4. According to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 6, the Jaguar invented the breath-holding trick, which would lead the attendant to admit one to the infirmary with symptoms of what?
(a) Tachycardia
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Paranoia
(d) Insomnia

5. How old does the narrator say the dog is that lives at the Academy in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Over 10 years old
(b) Over 7 years old
(c) Over 5 years old
(d) Over 3 years old

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8, when Lt. Gamboa prepares for field exercises?

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

3. Where does the narrator say he would go on Sundays when Teresa went to visit family in Part One, Chapter 7?

4. Whose image does Alberto try to remember as he unbuttons his pants at the hideout in Part One, Chapter 5?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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