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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 narrator describes a fight breaking out at the movie theater because what character refused to get rid of the bricks he was sitting on in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) Cava
(b) The Boa
(c) The Jaguar
(d) The Poet

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

3. Of the cadets at the Academy, Lt. Gamboa says in Part One, Chapter 8, “Half of them are sent here so they won’t turn out to be” what?
(a) Sissies
(b) Ladies
(c) Gangsters
(d) Momma’s boys

4. How much does Paulino charge for a slug of pisco at the hideout in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) 50 centavos
(b) 15 centavos
(c) 10 centavos
(d) 25 centavos

5. What book does Vallano decide to “rent out” to the other cadets in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Hamlet
(b) Don Quixote
(c) To Have and Have Not
(d) Eleodora’s Pleasures

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the art and music teacher that Alberto describes in Part Two, Chapter 1?

2. How long ago does Alberto say that Teresa came to live next door to him in Part Two, Chapter 4?

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

4. The narrator of Part Two, Chapter 2 says that his godfather “lived a long way off, out by” what?

5. Who does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say is always talking about the Poet and is perhaps envious of him?

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