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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Lt. Pitaluga
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Capt. Garrido
(d) Lt. Huarina

2. Teresa’s aunt says that Teresa is almost what age in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) 16
(b) 20
(c) 18
(d) 21

3. What does Lt. Gamboa say he always does when he is Officer of the Guard to pass the time in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) He studies
(b) He plays solitaire
(c) He watches television
(d) He daydreams

4. Alberto’s father suggests to Alberto’s mother that they rent a decent house where, in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Santa Anita
(b) El Salvador
(c) Miraflores
(d) Lurigancho

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

6. What three army noncoms follow Lt. Gamboa as he orders the cadets into line in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Urioste, Nunez, and Revilla
(b) Skinny, Marcela, and Vallano
(c) Varua, Morte, and Pezoa
(d) Curly, the Jaguar, and the Boa

7. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “an excellent soccer player and his kick had tremendous force”?
(a) Pezoa
(b) Urioste
(c) Revilla
(d) Morte

8. What is the name of the military academy that Cava and the other boys attend in the novel?
(a) The Leoncio Prado Military Academy
(b) The School of the Americas
(c) The Hargrave Military Academy
(d) The Admiral Farragut Academy

9. 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) Momma’s boys
(b) Ladies
(c) Sissies
(d) Gangsters

10. The narrator describes the morning wind springing up where in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Moquegua
(b) Arequipa
(c) La Perla
(d) Cusco

11. The narrator describes Alberto as getting off the bus at what stop in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Talara
(b) Mancora
(c) Paita
(d) Alcanfores

12. Who answers the door at Teresa’s neighbor’s house when she goes to take a bath there before her date in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Marcela
(b) Carmela
(c) Cava
(d) Rosa

13. Who does the narrator say he will kill “if he gets scared and drags us into it” in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) The Jaguar
(b) The Boa
(c) Cava
(d) Curly

14. At what time does Lt. Huarina tell Ricardo to return to the Academy after Ricardo reveals the person responsible for the chemistry exam theft in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) 9:00 p.m.
(b) 10:00 p.m.
(c) 11:00 p.m.
(d) 12:00 a.m.

15. What character does the narrator describe in Part One, Chapter 5 as a “half-breed” with “slanted Japanese eyes, thick Negro lips, copper-colored Indian skin, high cheekbones, lank black hair”?
(a) Urioste
(b) Paulino
(c) Perico
(d) Curly

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Part One, Chapter 1 refers to a wild South American camelid that lives in the high alpine areas of the Andes?

2. During the fight at the movie theater, who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say hit him “so hard in the belly I couldn’t breathe”?

3. With whom does Teresa say she’s got a date when talking with her aunt in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?

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

5. Lt. Huarina is said to own a small store where, in Part One, Chapter 6?

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