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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 opens the chapter saying “I was in Sáenz Peña and when I left I was going back to” where on foot?
(a) Tarapoto
(b) Chachapoyas
(c) Bellavista
(d) Cajamarca

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

3. What does Alberto drink a shot of with Skinny at the bar in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) Pisco
(b) Tequila
(c) Vodka
(d) Rum

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

5. 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) Hacienda
(b) Vicuña
(c) Perros
(d) Alpaca

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

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

8. Of the cadets at the Academy, Lt. Gamboa says in Part One, Chapter 8, “Half of them are sent here so they won’t turn out to be” what?
(a) Gangsters
(b) Momma’s boys
(c) Ladies
(d) Sissies

9. 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) Are you selling chocolates?
(c) Where is your little sister?
(d) Where is your mother?

10. For how many years does the narrator say his father served the government in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) 30
(b) 45
(c) 20
(d) 10

11. How many points does Alberto say he needs for the exam in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) 40
(b) 70
(c) 60
(d) 50

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

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

14. What month is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) March
(b) October
(c) July
(d) September

15. Who exits the meeting with the Boa in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Cava
(b) Alberto
(c) Curly
(d) Vallano

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Teresa say she’s got a date when talking with her aunt in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?

3. Alberto’s father suggests to Alberto’s mother that they rent a decent house where, in Part One, Chapter 4?

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

5. 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?

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