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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) 15 centavos
(b) 50 centavos
(c) 10 centavos
(d) 25 centavos

2. Where do the buglers play their morning alarm on Saturdays, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) The latrines
(b) The clock tower
(c) The parade ground
(d) The General’s headquarters

3. With whom does Teresa say she’s got a date when talking with her aunt in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Ricardo Arana
(b) Skinny Higueras
(c) Porfirio Cava
(d) Juan Martinez

4. What color are the flannel pajamas that Cava wears in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Red
(b) Blue
(c) Green
(d) Yellow

5. Who does the narrator say “had come to watch the lessons, and spent the whole time cracking jokes, making insinuations, mentioning Helena’s name” in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Pluto and Emilio
(b) Paulino and Urioste
(c) Nunez and Revilla
(d) Teresa and Marcela

6. 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) Morte
(d) Revilla

7. 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) The Poet
(b) The Boa
(c) The Jaguar
(d) Cava

8. The narrator notes in Part One, Chapter 2 of the Fifth Year cadets that they know there are how many minutes between the bugle player’s call and the whistle that calls them to fall in line?
(a) 10 minutes
(b) 20 minutes
(c) 3 minutes
(d) 15 minutes

9. 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) Thursday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Sunday

10. Who does Alberto say snuck off the Academy property over the wall on Monday and came back at four in the morning in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Nunez
(b) Urioste
(c) Perico
(d) Morte

11. 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. Huarina
(b) Capt. Garrido
(c) Lt. Pitaluga
(d) Lt. Gamboa

12. What day of the week is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8, when Lt. Gamboa prepares for field exercises?
(a) Monday
(b) Saturday
(c) Sunday
(d) Thursday

13. How many hours will Ricardo have outside the Academy on his pass after he’s revealed the person responsible for the chemistry exam theft in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) 8
(b) 6
(c) 10
(d) 3

14. With whom does Alberto say he jumped over the wall and went to a fiesta in La Punta the previous year in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Arrospide
(b) Urioste
(c) Morte
(d) Perico

15. 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) 11:00 p.m.
(b) 9:00 p.m.
(c) 10:00 p.m.
(d) 12:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago does the narrator say Cava came to Lima to finish school in Part One, Chapter 1?

2. By what nickname is Ricardo Arana known in the Circle?

3. According to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2, “this Saturday was an exception. The field exercises had been canceled because the Fifth was scheduled to take” what exam?

4. What three army noncoms follow Lt. Gamboa as he orders the cadets into line in Part One, Chapter 2?

5. The narrator describes the morning wind springing up where in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?

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