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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 color uniforms does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 1 describe the students from La Salle wearing?
(a) Light gray
(b) Light blue
(c) Light brown
(d) Light yellow

2. 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) Curly
(c) Cava
(d) The Boa

3. Valdivieso says he believes who made up the nickname that Valdivieso is called in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Vallano
(b) Curly
(c) Marcela
(d) Alberto

4. The narrator of Part One, Chapter 5 says that “Tere went to have lunch on weekdays with some relatives who lived near her school” where?
(a) In Medio Mundo
(b) In Lima
(c) In Barranca
(d) In Mexico City

5. How long ago does Alberto say that Teresa came to live next door to him in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) 3 years ago
(b) 2 years ago
(c) 1 year ago
(d) 4 years ago

Short Answer Questions

1. What cadet does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 describe as having been seen in town in a “big red car and he was wearing a fancy yellow shirt”?

2. Who does the narrator say “drank in secret while he was Officer of the Guard” in Part One, Chapter 8?

3. As Alberto walks from the bus station to his house in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4, a group of small boys calls out to him. What do they ask Alberto?

4. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “the huskiest cadet in the first section, perhaps in the whole Academy”?

5. In Part One, Chapter 3, Alberto describes Skinny Higueras as one of his brother’s friends before he was drafted into the army. What is Alberto’s brother’s name?

(see the answer key)

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