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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 5-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Slave tells Alberto that who is on duty today in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Fernandez
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Lt. Ferrero
(d) Lt. Gamboa

2. The quote that opens Part One, Chapter 1 (“We play the part of heroes because we’re cowards, the part of saints because we’re wicked”) is written by whom?
(a) Samuel Beckett
(b) Franz Kafka
(c) Jean-Paul Sartre
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson

3. What does the Jaguar admit in his note to Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel?
(a) That he murdered the Slave
(b) That he cheated on the history exam
(c) That he stole the chemistry exam
(d) That he murdered Cava

4. With whom does Alberto say he jumped over the wall and went to a fiesta in La Punta the previous year in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Urioste
(b) Morte
(c) Perico
(d) Arrospide

5. Of what cadet does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say he “never talks any more. It’s over four days since his buddy’s funeral, he could’ve got over it by now, but he’s even worse”?
(a) Alberto
(b) The Boa
(c) Curly
(d) Babe

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lt. Gamboa order to take the Jaguar’s place in the attack formation in Part Two, Chapter 5?

2. How much money does Skinny give to Alberto after they perform the house robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3, while promising him more tomorrow?

3. Who sleeps in the upper bunk in Cava’s room in Part One, Chapter 1?

4. Who responds to the Colonel that he is to be Officer of the Day tomorrow during the funeral in Part Two, Chapter 2?

5. What does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say they’ve changed the dog’s name to that lives at the Academy?

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