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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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. Pitaluga
(d) Lt. Huarina

2. What cadet does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 describe as having been seen in town in a “big red car and he was wearing a fancy yellow shirt”?
(a) Vallano
(b) Arrospide
(c) Ricardo
(d) Valdivieso

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

4. Alberto says that each time he goes with Skinny to rob houses, he earns about how much in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) 15 soles
(b) 20 soles
(c) 5 soles
(d) 10 soles

5. What does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say they’ve changed the dog’s name to that lives at the Academy?
(a) Stumpy
(b) Stimpy
(c) Gimpy
(d) Grumpy

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

7. What is Valdivieso’s nickname in the Circle?
(a) The Slave
(b) The Jaguar
(c) The Boa
(d) The Poet

8. How many cadets does the captain at the Fifth Year barracks say are currently confined in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 30
(b) 40
(c) 60
(d) 20

9. Who does Lt. Gamboa order to take the Jaguar’s place in the attack formation in Part Two, Chapter 5?
(a) Alberto
(b) Cava
(c) Ricardo
(d) Arrospide

10. What cadet does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say was expelled for stealing the chemistry exam?
(a) The Jaguar
(b) Curly
(c) The Poet
(d) Cava

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

12. 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) 3
(b) 7
(c) 5
(d) 10

13. Ricardo’s father tells Alberto that they’ve operated on his son how many times when they meet in the halls of the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5

14. Who believes that the squealer in Part Two, Chapter 5 must be the Jaguar after the lockers are searched?
(a) Alberto
(b) Arrospide
(c) Cava
(d) Curly

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

Short Answer 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?

2. When questioned by Lt. Gamboa in Part Two, Chapter 5, the Jaguar admits that everyone in the first section bought exams except for whom?

3. How old does the narrator say the dog is that lives at the Academy in Part Two, Chapter 1?

4. Where does Alberto tell his mother he stayed with his friend the night before when he returns home in Part Two, Chapter 5?

5. Who does Alberto ask to see at the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?

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