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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 animals does Lt. Gamboa say he’ll be seeing plenty of in his new assignment in the Epilogue?
(a) Turtles
(b) Vicuñas
(c) Rabbits
(d) Llamas

2. What is the name of the hideout where the cadets buy pisco and cigarettes from Paulino in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) La Perlita
(b) Los Perros
(c) La Cuidad
(d) La Brama

3. Where does Alberto tell his mother he stayed with his friend the night before when he returns home in Part Two, Chapter 5?
(a) Chucuito
(b) Tarapoto
(c) Trujillo
(d) Chimbote

4. Whose funeral is being held in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Ricardo Arana’s
(b) Valdivieso’s
(c) Alberto Fernandez’s
(d) Carmela Cigüeña’s

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) Cousin
(b) Son
(c) Nephew
(d) Brother

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dog that the narrator describes howling all night in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 1?

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

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

4. How much money does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 2 say his godfather gave him every year for his birthday?

5. On Saturdays, how long do the Fifth Year cadets have “to wash, dress, make their bunks, and fall in” after the bugle call, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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