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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say most of the cadets were in the Academy in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Because they were facing imprisonment or reform school
(b) Because they had homosexual tendencies
(c) Because their families were in great need for money
(d) Because their families wanted to get rid of them for a while

2. By what name do the elder-classmen of the academy refer to the under-classmen?
(a) Rookies
(b) Dogs
(c) Birds
(d) Chickens

3. During the fight at the movie theater, who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say hit him “so hard in the belly I couldn’t breathe”?
(a) Varua
(b) Revilla
(c) Nunez
(d) Pezoa

4. Who sleeps in the upper bunk in Cava’s room in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Curly
(b) Marcela
(c) Alberto
(d) Vallano

5. Where does the narrator suggest that he and his mother go back to in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) Iquitos
(b) Pucallpa
(c) Machala
(d) Chiclayo

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 says, “The cadets admired the chaplain because they considered him” what?

2. The narrator notes in Part One, Chapter 2 of the Fifth Year cadets that they know there are how many minutes between the bugle player’s call and the whistle that calls them to fall in line?

3. Where does the narrator say he would go on Sundays when Teresa went to visit family in Part One, Chapter 7?

4. Who exits the meeting with the Boa in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?

5. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “the huskiest cadet in the first section, perhaps in the whole Academy”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the character of Lt. Huarina compare with the other officers in the novel?

2. How does Lt. Huarina utilize the information given to him by the Slave in Part One?

3. How is the Slave’s situation described in Part One, Chapter 5? How does the confinement affect him?

4. How does the Jaguar respond to the news of Cava’s punishment in Part One, Chapter 7? Why?

5. What is the task that Cava is enlisted to perform in Part One, Chapter 1?

6. What contribution does Vallano make to the culture of the Fifth Years in Part One, Chapter 6?

7. What are two depictions of women and female sexuality illustrated in The Time of the Hero?

8. What role does Teresa play in the progression of the narrative?

9. How are the Slave and the Poet similar in their metaphorical roles in the novel?

10. How would you describe the linear/nonlinear style of the narrative in The Time of the Hero?

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