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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. How long ago does the narrator say Cava came to Lima to finish school in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) 1 and ½ years ago
(b) 4 and ½ years ago
(c) 2 and ½ years ago
(d) 3 and ½ years ago

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

3. At what bakery does the narrator say Tere goes to buy bread from on weekdays in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Babe’s Bakery
(b) Emilio’s Bakery
(c) Nunez’s Bakery
(d) Tilau’s Bakery

4. Where does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 describe going to soccer games on the days when his neighbor goes to Lima with her aunt?
(a) Talara
(b) Potao
(c) Mancora
(d) Zana

5. What is the name of the military academy that Cava and the other boys attend in the novel?
(a) The Hargrave Military Academy
(b) The Admiral Farragut Academy
(c) The Leoncio Prado Military Academy
(d) The School of the Americas

Short Answer Questions

1. Who answers the door at Teresa’s neighbor’s house when she goes to take a bath there before her date in Part One, Chapter 4?

2. Who does the narrator say essentially ran things in the Circle during their Fifth Year in Part One, Chapter 3?

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”?

4. Who does the narrator say “had come to watch the lessons, and spent the whole time cracking jokes, making insinuations, mentioning Helena’s name” in Part One, Chapter 7?

5. Who does the narrator say reprimands Lt. Huarina in public at the Academy in Part One, Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does the Slave go to speak in Part One, Chapter 6? Why?

2. How does Vallano fit into the hierarchy of the Fifth Years at the Academy?

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

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

5. What happens when the exam’s theft is discovered in Part One? How do the cadets react?

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

7. How has the Slave’s death been foreshadowed in Part One?

8. What leads the Slave to his decision in Part One, Chapter 5? What decision does he reach?

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

10. How is “manhood” defined in the world of the novel? How does this definition relate to the teachings at the Academy?

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