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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. What day of the week is it when Alberto returns home from the Academy in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Saturday
(b) Thursday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Sunday

2. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 tells his mother that he would rather live with whom than his father?
(a) Lt. Gamboa
(b) Skinny Higueras
(c) Aunt Adelina
(d) Uncle Pezoa

3. Who does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say is always talking about the Poet and is perhaps envious of him?
(a) Curly
(b) Revilla
(c) Valdivieso
(d) Cava

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

5. When Alberto goes to the dark, dirty bar to look for Skinny, Skinny defends Alberto against a drunk by telling him that Alberto is his what in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Brother
(b) Son
(c) Cousin
(d) Nephew

Short Answer Questions

1. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “an excellent soccer player and his kick had tremendous force”?

2. 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?

3. According to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2, “this Saturday was an exception. The field exercises had been canceled because the Fifth was scheduled to take” what exam?

4. Who is the instructor of the physical education class that Alberto describes sneaking out of in Part Two, Chapter 1?

5. What is the name of the hideout where the cadets buy pisco and cigarettes from Paulino in Part One, Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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