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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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”?
(a) Alberto
(b) Vallano
(c) Cava
(d) Lt. Ferrero

4. Who argues with the captain over Alberto’s right to make allegations against the circle in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) Lt. Ferrero
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Lt. Gamboa
(d) Lt. Pitaluga

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

6. To what street does Alberto go to find his godfather in Part Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Francisco Pizarro Avenue
(b) Sáenz Peña Avenue
(c) Arica Avenue
(d) Progreso Avenue

7. 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) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2

8. What does the cop whip Alberto with after Alberto’s fight on the beach in Part Two, Chapter 5?
(a) A briar
(b) A lead chain
(c) A cat-o-nine-tails
(d) A leather belt

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

10. 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. Pitaluga
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Lt. Pitaluga
(d) Lt. Gamboa

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

12. 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 into deep water
(b) Wish they’d never been born
(c) Go home crying to mama
(d) Get expelled from this school

13. Where does Alberto say Skinny took him to a different bar that was dark and dirty in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Sáenz Peña Avenue
(b) Arica Avenue
(c) Francisco Pizarro Avenue
(d) The Bellavista Plaza

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed in Lt. Gamboa’s telegram in the Epilogue of the novel?

2. Who is the art and music teacher that Alberto describes in Part Two, Chapter 1?

3. 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?

4. What is the name of the dog that the narrator describes howling all night in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 1?

5. What color uniforms does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 1 describe the students from La Salle wearing?

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