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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1 and ½ years ago
(c) 2 and ½ years ago
(d) 4 and ½ years ago

2. 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) Perico
(b) Nunez
(c) Urioste
(d) Morte

3. Paulino says in Part One, Chapter 5, “These two’ve been together every minute for a whole week,” when referring to Alberto and whom?
(a) The Jaguar
(b) The Slave
(c) The Boa
(d) The Poet

4. 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) Curly
(c) Paulino
(d) Perico

5. What book does Vallano decide to “rent out” to the other cadets in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) To Have and Have Not
(b) Eleodora’s Pleasures
(c) Don Quixote
(d) Hamlet

6. 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) Nunez and Revilla
(b) Pluto and Emilio
(c) Teresa and Marcela
(d) Paulino and Urioste

7. How many rooms does Teresa’s house have besides the kitchen, according to the narrator of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) 10
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2

8. The three cadets that were last to fall in line are given a choice by Lt. Gamboa for six points or what, in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) A right angle
(b) A left angle
(c) Ten points
(d) A court-martial

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

10. 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) Perico
(c) Morte
(d) Urioste

11. 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) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 3

12. Who are “the three victims in the first section” that were late falling into line in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Curly, the Jaguar, and the Boa
(b) Urioste, Nunez, and Revilla
(c) Skinny, Marcela, and Vallano
(d) Varua, Morte, and Pezoa

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

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) Jean-Paul Sartre
(d) Samuel Beckett

15. Why does the narrator say most of the cadets were in the Academy in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Because their families wanted to get rid of them for a while
(b) Because they had homosexual tendencies
(c) Because they were facing imprisonment or reform school
(d) Because their families were in great need for money

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 6 of the infirmary doctors, “they knew that if you put banana peels on your forehead for a couple of hours, your temperature would go up to about” what?

3. Who does Ricardo Arana recall taking his cigarettes and money and once having urinated on him while he slept in Part One, Chapter 6?

4. 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?

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

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