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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is described in Part Two, Chapter 4 as “a very young lieutenant, in charge of a company in the Third”?
(a) Lt. Gamboa
(b) Lt. Ferrero
(c) Lt. Huarina
(d) Lt. Pitaluga

4. What does Lt. Gamboa say was found in the Jaguar’s locker in Part Two, Chapter 5?
(a) A confession letter, cigarettes, and pornography
(b) A illicit photograph, pornography, and cigarettes
(c) Cigarettes, two bottles of pisco, and skeleton keys
(d) An illegal gun, two bottles of pisco, and cigarettes

5. 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) He was kicked by a horse
(b) He was in a train accident
(c) He was hit by a car
(d) The Jaguar hit him

6. The narrator in Part Two, Chapter 3 describes the Poet as having been flattened by whom in a fight?
(a) Paulino
(b) Pluto
(c) Gallo
(d) Huarina

7. As Alberto contemplates his fate in the guardhouse, he thinks that he will run away with Teresa where in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) To Paris
(b) To Montreal
(c) To Lima
(d) To New York

8. What does the Jaguar admit in his note to Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel?
(a) That he stole the chemistry exam
(b) That he cheated on the history exam
(c) That he murdered the Slave
(d) That he murdered Cava

9. 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) Himself
(c) Lt. Ferrero
(d) Cava

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

11. 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) Tarapoto
(c) Chucuito
(d) Trujillo

12. How much money does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 2 say his godfather gave him every year for his birthday?
(a) 20 soles
(b) 10 soles
(c) 5 soles
(d) 1 sol

13. 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) His telephone, his watch, and his electronics
(b) His uniform, his books, and his training gear
(c) His pillow, a towel, his books, and his uniform
(d) Pajamas, a toothbrush, a towel, and a bar of soap

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

15. Of what cadet does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say he “never talks any more. It’s over four days since his buddy’s funeral, he could’ve got over it by now, but he’s even worse”?
(a) The Boa
(b) Curly
(c) Babe
(d) Alberto

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tere give to the narrator in Part Two, Chapter 2 for his birthday?

3. How much money does Skinny give to Alberto after they perform the house robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3, while promising him more tomorrow?

4. Who argues with the captain over Alberto’s right to make allegations against the circle in Part Two, Chapter 4?

5. Where is Lt. Gamboa’s “solitary house” located, according to the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 8?

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