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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 10
(d) 7

2. Who does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 4 believe is double-crossing him in the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Alberto
(b) Ricardo
(c) Curly
(d) Cava

3. Who does the Colonel put in charge of transportation for the cadet’s funeral in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Fernandez
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Lt. Gamboa
(d) Lt. Pitaluga

4. Whose quote opens Part Two of the novel (“I’m twenty years old. Don’t let anyone tell me it is the most beautiful period of life.”)?
(a) Jean-Paul Sartre’s
(b) Lord Byron’s
(c) Enrico Salazar’s
(d) Paul Nizan’s

5. Where does Alberto tell his mother he stayed with his friend the night before when he returns home in Part Two, Chapter 5?
(a) Chimbote
(b) Trujillo
(c) Tarapoto
(d) Chucuito

6. Whose monument does Alberto stop in front of in the darkness in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Emilio Carranza’s
(b) Jean-Pierre Blanchard’s
(c) Jorge Chavez’s
(d) Néstor Chávez’s

7. When questioned by Lt. Gamboa in Part Two, Chapter 5, the Jaguar admits that everyone in the first section bought exams except for whom?
(a) Ricardo Arana
(b) Lt. Ferrero
(c) Cava
(d) Himself

8. 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) The Boa
(b) The Slave
(c) Cava
(d) The Jaguar

9. How many doctors does the colonel say determined that the bullet that killed the Slave was from his own rifle in Part Two, Chapter 6?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 5

10. Valdivieso says he believes who made up the nickname that Valdivieso is called in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Curly
(b) Vallano
(c) Marcela
(d) Alberto

11. How long ago does Alberto say that Teresa came to live next door to him in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) 4 years ago
(b) 3 years ago
(c) 2 years ago
(d) 1 year ago

12. How old does the narrator say the dog is that lives at the Academy in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Over 5 years old
(b) Over 3 years old
(c) Over 10 years old
(d) Over 7 years old

13. Where has Lt. Gamboa been transferred to in the Epilogue?
(a) Juliaca
(b) Bellavista
(c) Moquegua
(d) Piura

14. What did Lt. Gamboa tell the Jaguar to take with him to the guardhouse when he approached him in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) Pajamas, a toothbrush, a towel, and a bar of soap
(b) His telephone, his watch, and his electronics
(c) His uniform, his books, and his training gear
(d) His pillow, a towel, his books, and his uniform

15. Who tells Arrospide, “Don’t try to be a Pelopidas,” when the officers come to inspect the lockers of the Fifth in Part Two, Chapter 5?
(a) Lt. Pezoa
(b) Capt. Garrido
(c) Lt. Gamboa
(d) Lt. Ferrero

Short Answer Questions

1. Who responds to the Colonel that he is to be Officer of the Day tomorrow during the funeral in Part Two, Chapter 2?

2. How many years have passed since Lt. Gamboa was a cadet and went to the movies with Rosa every Sunday in Part Two, Chapter 8?

3. What color uniforms does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 1 describe the students from La Salle wearing?

4. What does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say they’ve changed the dog’s name to that lives at the Academy?

5. What does Alberto buy as a gift for Teresa after he’s done the robbery with Skinny in Part Two, Chapter 3?

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