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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Porfirio Cava
(c) Skinny Higueras
(d) Juan Martinez

2. Where does Alberto’s father say he’ll send Alberto next year if he does well on his exams in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) The United States
(b) The Soviet Union
(c) Paris
(d) Mexico City

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?
(a) The Latin exam
(b) The chemistry exam
(c) The calculus exam
(d) The history exam

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

5. At what time do the narrator and his fellow cadets go into Emilio’s house after the dance lesson in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) 4:00 p.m.
(b) 2:00 p.m.
(c) 1:00 p.m.
(d) 3:00 p.m.

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

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

8. Who is the lieutenant on duty that is dozing in a chair when Lt. Gamboa enters the guardhouse in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Lt. Pitaluga
(b) Lt. Pezoa
(c) Lt. Garrido
(d) Lt. Huarina

9. 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 Boa
(c) The Slave
(d) The Poet

10. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “the huskiest cadet in the first section, perhaps in the whole Academy”?
(a) Urioste
(b) Revilla
(c) Morte
(d) Pezoa

11. Who does the narrator say reprimands Lt. Huarina in public at the Academy in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Lt. Gamboa
(b) Lt. Pitaluga
(c) Capt. Garrido
(d) Lt. Ferrero

12. Who does the narrator say “drank in secret while he was Officer of the Guard” in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Lt. Pitaluga
(b) Lt. Martinez
(c) Lt. Huarina
(d) Lt. Gamboa

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

14. At whose house is the party going to be tomorrow, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Teresa’s
(b) Paulino’s
(c) Ana’s
(d) Rosa’s

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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