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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) Tuesday
(c) Sunday
(d) Thursday

2. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 says, “The cadets admired the chaplain because they considered him” what?
(a) An honest man
(b) A religious man
(c) A faithful man
(d) A Godly man

3. When questioned by Lt. Gamboa in Part Two, Chapter 5, the Jaguar admits that everyone in the first section bought exams except for whom?
(a) Lt. Ferrero
(b) Ricardo Arana
(c) Himself
(d) Cava

4. The narrator says of Lt. Gamboa in Part One, Chapter 8, that he “loved the military life for exactly the same reasons that the others hated it.” What reasons are these?
(a) Paperwork, power, and discipline
(b) Corruption, hierarchy, and power
(c) Money, power, and strength
(d) Discipline, rank, field exercises

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 8 that who invented some new illness every two weeks for his wife in order to get a pass?

2. Alberto sees Teresa with two girls after the last exam in Part Two, Chapter 4. Where does Teresa tell him they are going?

3. Whose funeral is being held in Part Two, Chapter 2?

4. Who does Alberto ask to see at the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?

5. Where does Alberto’s father say he’ll send Alberto next year if he does well on his exams in Part One, Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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