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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. Lt. Gamboa tells the cadets in the Fifth to take attack formation and for each man to stand how far apart from the next in Part Two, Chapter 5?
(a) 5 yards
(b) 10 yards
(c) 15 yards
(d) 20 yards

2. The narrator in Part Two, Chapter 3 describes the Poet as having been flattened by whom in a fight?
(a) Pluto
(b) Paulino
(c) Gallo
(d) Huarina

3. 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”?
(a) Arrospide
(b) Valdivieso
(c) Vallano
(d) Curly

4. Who believes that the squealer in Part Two, Chapter 5 must be the Jaguar after the lockers are searched?
(a) Curly
(b) Alberto
(c) Arrospide
(d) Cava

5. What color uniforms does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 1 describe the students from La Salle wearing?
(a) Light blue
(b) Light gray
(c) Light yellow
(d) Light brown

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say is always talking about the Poet and is perhaps envious of him?

2. 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”?

3. What does Alberto buy as a gift for Teresa after he’s done the robbery with Skinny in Part Two, Chapter 3?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the narrator in the opening of Part Two, Chapter 3? What does this character describe?

2. Where is Alberto sent after meeting with the Colonel in Part Two? Who does he encounter here?

3. What is Alberto’s theory regarding the death of the Slave in Part Two, Chapter 4?

4. What is the outcome for Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel? Where is he going?

5. How does the meeting between the Colonel and the Poet end in Part Two, Chapter 6?

6. What causes the Poet to begin to doubt himself and his allegations in Part Two?

7. Why does the colonel meet with the officers in Part Two, Chapter 2? What decision is reached?

8. Who is the narrator in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 1? What does this narrator describe?

9. How does the Jaguar respond when Alberto attempts to make peace with him in Part Two, Chapter 8?

10. What does the Colonel use in order to blackmail the Poet in Part Two, Chapter 6?

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