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

2. 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) 5
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 2

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) Revilla
(b) Jitters
(c) Paulino
(d) Cava

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

5. 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) Just
(b) Religious
(c) Honest
(d) Loyal

6. Lt. Gamboa receives a letter from his wife in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 6. In it, she says that who and her husband were waiting for her at the airport?
(a) Cristina
(b) Maria
(c) Rosa
(d) Ana

7. 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

8. 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 become a man
(b) I wanted to avoid juvenile hall
(c) I wanted to be an army officer
(d) I wanted to impress my father

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

10. 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) Lt. Ferrero
(b) Cava
(c) Ricardo Arana
(d) Himself

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

12. The narrator of Part Two, Chapter 5 says that “they say” what women “are the most beautiful in the world”?
(a) North American
(b) European
(c) Chilean
(d) Hawaiian

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

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

15. Alberto sees Teresa with two girls after the last exam in Part Two, Chapter 4. Where does Teresa tell him they are going?
(a) To a candy store
(b) To the beach
(c) To the movies
(d) To the library

Short Answer Questions

1. What cadet does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say was expelled for stealing the chemistry exam?

2. 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”?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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