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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The captain tells Lt. Gamboa in Part Two, Chapter 7, “A clean conscience might help you get into heaven, but it won’t help” what?
(a) Your career
(b) Your ambitions
(c) Your brotherhood
(d) Your marriage

2. 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) Capt. Garrido
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Lt. Pezoa
(d) Lt. Ferrero

3. After Alberto’s fight on the beach and his trouble with the police in Part Two, Chapter 5, he doesn’t return home but goes to live with whom?
(a) Lt. Huarina
(b) Skinny Higueras
(c) Capt. Garrido
(d) Señor Cigüeña

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

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

6. What animals does Lt. Gamboa say he’ll be seeing plenty of in his new assignment in the Epilogue?
(a) Vicuñas
(b) Llamas
(c) Rabbits
(d) Turtles

7. 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) Wish they’d never been born
(c) Go home crying to mama
(d) Get into deep water

8. What is the name of the commandant that is in the colonel’s office when Alberto enters in Part Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Perico
(b) Cava
(c) Revilla
(d) Altuna

9. The narrator of Part Two, Chapter 2 says that his godfather “lived a long way off, out by” what?
(a) The well
(b) The cemetery
(c) The bridge
(d) The church

10. 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) 10 soles
(b) 5 soles
(c) 20 soles
(d) 3 soles

11. Alberto says in Part Two, Chapter 7, “The rest of that day I just wandered around, and a woman gave me some bread and a little milk. When it got dark I slept in a ditch again, near” what street?
(a) Progreso Avenue
(b) Arica Avenue
(c) Bellavista Avenue
(d) Sáenz Peña Avenue

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 10 years old
(c) Over 3 years old
(d) Over 7 years old

13. The Jaguar tells Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue, “They all say, ‘Gamboa’s the strictest of the officers but he’s the only one that’s’” what?
(a) Honest
(b) Just
(c) Loyal
(d) Religious

14. Who is the art and music teacher that Alberto describes in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Señor Arana
(b) Señor Cigüeña
(c) Señor Zapata
(d) Señor Garrido

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Alberto says that each time he goes with Skinny to rob houses, he earns about how much in Part Two, Chapter 4?

2. Skinny tells Alberto about one time when Alberto’s brother was caught breaking into a house where in Part Two, Chapter 2?

3. Who tells the narrator in Part Two, Chapter 5 after the Fifth has been ordered to open their lockers for inspection, “Keep hold of yourself; this is the end of the world”?

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

5. When meeting with the colonel, Alberto says he believes that General Temple is from where in Part Two, Chapter 6?

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