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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. Where does Alberto’s father say he’ll send Alberto next year if he does well on his exams in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) The United States
(b) Paris
(c) The Soviet Union
(d) Mexico City

2. What three army noncoms follow Lt. Gamboa as he orders the cadets into line in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Curly, the Jaguar, and the Boa
(b) Skinny, Marcela, and Vallano
(c) Varua, Morte, and Pezoa
(d) Urioste, Nunez, and Revilla

3. Who is the character that is known as “the Boa” in the Circle?
(a) Cava
(b) Alberto
(c) Valdivieso
(d) Ricardo

4. Who does Lt. Gamboa call from the guardhouse when he goes there in the morning in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) His wife
(b) His mother
(c) His brother
(d) His sister

5. Whose monument does Alberto stop in front of in the darkness in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Néstor Chávez’s
(b) Jorge Chavez’s
(c) Jean-Pierre Blanchard’s
(d) Emilio Carranza’s

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Who are “the three victims in the first section” that were late falling into line in Part One, Chapter 2?

3. Teresa’s aunt says that Teresa is almost what age in Part One, Chapter 4?

4. What month is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8?

5. Why does the narrator say most of the cadets were in the Academy in Part One, Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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