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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Alberto’s mother’s women friends come over to play every afternoon in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Chess
(b) Canasta
(c) Bridge
(d) Poker

3. 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) Carmela
(b) Cava
(c) Marcela
(d) Rosa

4. 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 watches television
(c) He daydreams
(d) He plays solitaire

5. According to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 6, the Jaguar invented the breath-holding trick, which would lead the attendant to admit one to the infirmary with symptoms of what?
(a) Tachycardia
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Insomnia
(d) Paranoia

6. Who does the Jaguar say is taking his place on guard in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) The Poet
(b) Curly
(c) The Boa
(d) The Slave

7. Where do the members of The Circle meet in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) The exercise fields
(b) The cave
(c) The latrine
(d) The rooftop

8. How is Teresa’s school uniform described in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) A pink skirt and a white blouse
(b) A red skirt and a blue blouse
(c) A yellow skirt and a white blouse
(d) A blue skirt and a white blouse

9. How long ago does the narrator say Cava came to Lima to finish school in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) 3 and ½ years ago
(b) 2 and ½ years ago
(c) 1 and ½ years ago
(d) 4 and ½ years ago

10. In what country is The Time of the Hero set?
(a) Peru
(b) Argentina
(c) Brazil
(d) Mexico

11. Where do Tere’s aunt and uncle live in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) On Sáenz Peña Avenue
(b) On Progreso Avenue
(c) On Francisco Pizarro Avenue
(d) On Arica Avenue

12. 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?
(a) 10 minutes
(b) 5 minutes
(c) 8 minutes
(d) 3 minutes

13. 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) La Brama
(c) Los Perros
(d) La Cuidad

14. The quote that opens Part One, Chapter 1 (“We play the part of heroes because we’re cowards, the part of saints because we’re wicked”) is written by whom?
(a) Franz Kafka
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(c) Samuel Beckett
(d) Jean-Paul Sartre

15. What answer does Calzada receive when he asks, “When are they going to strip off his insignia?” in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Thursday at one
(b) Friday at six
(c) Tuesday at noon
(d) Monday at eleven

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say essentially ran things in the Circle during their Fifth Year in Part One, Chapter 3?

2. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 says, “The cadets admired the chaplain because they considered him” what?

3. 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?

4. What book does Vallano decide to “rent out” to the other cadets in Part One, Chapter 6?

5. What is the name of the military academy that Cava and the other boys attend in the novel?

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