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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 brotherhood
(b) Your ambitions
(c) Your marriage
(d) Your career

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

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

4. Where is Lt. Gamboa’s “solitary house” located, according to the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Moquegua
(b) Barranco
(c) Piura
(d) Bellavista

5. 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) Lord Byron’s
(b) Paul Nizan’s
(c) Enrico Salazar’s
(d) Jean-Paul Sartre’s

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

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

8. 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

9. 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) Sáenz Peña Avenue
(c) Arica Avenue
(d) Bellavista Avenue

10. Whose funeral is being held in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Valdivieso’s
(b) Alberto Fernandez’s
(c) Carmela Cigüeña’s
(d) Ricardo Arana’s

11. 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) Babe
(b) The Boa
(c) Curly
(d) Alberto

12. At what time is the funeral of the cadet set to take place in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) 7:00 p.m.
(b) 6:00 p.m.
(c) 5:00 p.m.
(d) 8:00 p.m.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator that describes his birthday in Part Two, Chapter 2?

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

3. What does Lt. Gamboa say was found in the Jaguar’s locker in Part Two, Chapter 5?

4. 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”?

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

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