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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his meeting with the colonel, Alberto returns to the guardhouse and is put in the same cell with whom in Part Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Cava
(b) The Slave
(c) The Jaguar
(d) The Boa

2. What does Alberto buy as a gift for Teresa after he’s done the robbery with Skinny in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) A notebook
(b) Chalk
(c) New shoes
(d) Magazines

3. To whom does the Jaguar say in the barracks in Part Two, Chapter 8, “Yes, you’re a gentleman. Of course you are. Everybody from Miraflores is a gentleman”?
(a) Arrospide
(b) Vallano
(c) Curly
(d) Valdivieso

4. The young lieutenant who calls for Alberto in Part Two, Chapter 4 tells him to go to the office of his Year and report to whom?
(a) Lt. Huarina
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Lt. Pitaluga
(d) Capt. Garrido

5. Who is the narrator that describes his birthday in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Valdivieso
(b) Vallano
(c) Cava
(d) Alberto

6. When the other cadets return to the Fifth Year bunks in Part Two, Chapter 8, Alberto tells them that he got his injuries how?
(a) The Jaguar hit him
(b) He was kicked by a horse
(c) He was in a train accident
(d) He was hit by a car

7. Skinny tells Alberto about one time when Alberto’s brother was caught breaking into a house where in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Chiclayo
(b) Trujillo
(c) La Perla
(d) Chimbote

8. How much money does Skinny give to Alberto after they perform the house robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3, while promising him more tomorrow?
(a) 3 soles
(b) 10 soles
(c) 5 soles
(d) 20 soles

9. Who does Alberto call from the busy bar in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Lt. Pitaluga
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Lt. Huarina
(d) Capt. Garrido

10. When the Jaguar is ordered by Lt. Gamboa to go to the guardhouse in Part Two, Chapter 4, he tells Curly, “If this is about the exam, a lot of people are going to” what?
(a) Get expelled from this school
(b) Go home crying to mama
(c) Wish they’d never been born
(d) Get into deep water

11. What is revealed in Lt. Gamboa’s telegram in the Epilogue of the novel?
(a) His daughter was born two hours ago
(b) His wife has died in labor
(c) His son was born two hours ago
(d) His wife has given birth to identical twins

12. Who is the instructor of the physical education class that Alberto describes sneaking out of in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Señor Fernandez
(b) Señor Pitaluga
(c) Señor Zapata
(d) Señor Cigüeña

13. When meeting with the colonel, Alberto says he believes that General Temple is from where in Part Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Tarapoto
(b) Piura
(c) Cajamarca
(d) Moquegua

14. How long has it been since Alberto’s godfather has seen him when he arrives at his house in Part Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 1 year
(b) 3 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 5 years

15. Where does Alberto say Skinny took him to a different bar that was dark and dirty in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) The Bellavista Plaza
(b) Francisco Pizarro Avenue
(c) Sáenz Peña Avenue
(d) Arica Avenue

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Jaguar’s response when Lt. Gamboa asks him in Part Two, Chapter 5, “Why did you enroll in the Military Academy?”

2. When Alberto goes a second time to see his godfather in Part Two, Chapter 2, the godfather’s daughter tells Alberto that her father will be gone in the mountains for how many days?

3. What is the name of the commandant that is in the colonel’s office when Alberto enters in Part Two, Chapter 6?

4. What animals does Lt. Gamboa say he’ll be seeing plenty of in his new assignment in the Epilogue?

5. Who is the character that is known as “the Boa” in the Circle?

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