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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Alberto walks from the bus station to his house in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4, a group of small boys calls out to him. What do they ask Alberto?
(a) Are you the milk man?
(b) Where is your mother?
(c) Are you selling chocolates?
(d) Where is your little sister?

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

3. What is Alberto’s last name in the novel?
(a) Arana
(b) Hernandez
(c) Huarina
(d) Fernandez

4. 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 Poet
(b) The Slave
(c) The Boa
(d) The Jaguar

5. At what time does Teresa say her date will be calling for her in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) 5:00
(b) 8:00
(c) 6:00
(d) 7:00

6. Skinny tells Alberto in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3 that the narrator has a nephew who must be about what age by now?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 3

7. What is the name of Pluto’s cousin that “had become the girlfriend of a boy from San Isidro,” according to the narrator of Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Carmela
(b) Sara
(c) Rosa
(d) Marcela

8. 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”?
(a) Revilla
(b) Varua
(c) Pezoa
(d) Nunez

9. What word from Part One, Chapter 1 refers to a wild South American camelid that lives in the high alpine areas of the Andes?
(a) Alpaca
(b) Vicuña
(c) Hacienda
(d) Perros

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

11. At what bakery does the narrator say Tere goes to buy bread from on weekdays in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Nunez’s Bakery
(b) Emilio’s Bakery
(c) Babe’s Bakery
(d) Tilau’s Bakery

12. What is the name of Alberto’s mother in the novel?
(a) Marcela
(b) Teresa
(c) Carmela
(d) Helena

13. Where does the narrator say Porfirio Cava grew up in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) The mountains
(b) The meadowlands
(c) The coast
(d) The desert

14. By what nickname is Ricardo Arana known in the Circle?
(a) The Jaguar
(b) The Slave
(c) The Boa
(d) The Poet

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. By what name do the elder-classmen of the academy refer to the under-classmen?

3. How many rooms does Teresa’s house have besides the kitchen, according to the narrator of Part One, Chapter 4?

4. Who does the narrator say reprimands Lt. Huarina in public at the Academy in Part One, Chapter 6?

5. For how many years does the narrator say his father served the government in Part One, Chapter 3?

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