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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The young lieutenant who calls for Alberto in Part Two, Chapter 4 tells him to go to the office of his Year and report to whom?
(a) Lt. Gamboa
(b) Capt. Garrido
(c) Lt. Huarina
(d) Lt. Pitaluga

3. What is the name of the friend of Skinny’s that meets Skinny and Alberto to perform a robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Cava
(b) Revilla
(c) Paulino
(d) Jitters

4. What is the Jaguar’s response when Lt. Gamboa asks him in Part Two, Chapter 5, “Why did you enroll in the Military Academy?”
(a) I wanted to avoid juvenile hall
(b) I wanted to be an army officer
(c) I wanted to impress my father
(d) I wanted to become a man

5. What is the name of the dog that the narrator describes howling all night in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Rosa
(b) Skimpy
(c) Pezoa
(d) Curly

6. Whose “songlike voice” does Alberto distinguish among the cadets shouting “Squealer!” at the Jaguar in Part Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Pezoa’s
(b) Paulino’s
(c) Perico’s
(d) Quiñones’s

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

8. What does Tere give to the narrator in Part Two, Chapter 2 for his birthday?
(a) A sleeveless sweater
(b) A wool jacket
(c) A pair of new shoes
(d) A book

9. Who does Alberto call from the busy bar in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Lt. Pitaluga
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Capt. Garrido
(d) Lt. Gamboa

10. Where does Alberto say Skinny Higueras always waited for him when Alberto slipped out of school in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Arica Avenue
(b) Francisco Pizarro Avenue
(c) In Moquegua
(d) In the Bellavista Plaza

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

12. Who responds to the Colonel that he is to be Officer of the Day tomorrow during the funeral in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Gamboa
(b) Lt. Pitaluga
(c) Lt. Huarina
(d) Lt. Pitaluga

13. 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. Pitaluga
(c) Lt. Huarina
(d) Lt. Ferrero

14. When Alberto goes to the dark, dirty bar to look for Skinny, Skinny defends Alberto against a drunk by telling him that Alberto is his what in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Son
(b) Cousin
(c) Brother
(d) Nephew

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

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

3. 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?

4. Who comes running into the barracks shouting at the cadets to be quiet and stop as they verbally assault the Jaguar in Part Two, Chapter 8?

5. Who believes that the squealer in Part Two, Chapter 5 must be the Jaguar after the lockers are searched?

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