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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. Who is the instructor of the physical education class that Alberto describes sneaking out of in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Señor Cigüeña
(b) Señor Pitaluga
(c) Señor Fernandez
(d) Señor Zapata

2. As Alberto contemplates his fate in the guardhouse, he thinks that he will run away with Teresa where in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) To Montreal
(b) To Paris
(c) To Lima
(d) To New York

3. When Alberto goes a second time to see his godfather in Part Two, Chapter 2, the godfather’s daughter tells Alberto that her father will be gone in the mountains for how many days?
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 3

4. The captain tells Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue that with his new assignment he can now visit where when he goes on leave?
(a) Piura
(b) Arequipa
(c) Moquegua
(d) Lima

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Alberto’s godfather has seen him when he arrives at his house in Part Two, Chapter 7?

2. What does the cop whip Alberto with after Alberto’s fight on the beach in Part Two, Chapter 5?

3. What animals does Lt. Gamboa say he’ll be seeing plenty of in his new assignment in the Epilogue?

4. Alberto says that each time he goes with Skinny to rob houses, he earns about how much in Part Two, Chapter 4?

5. Who does Alberto ask to see at the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the character of the Boa represent symbolically in The Time of the Hero?

2. What epiphany does the Jaguar come to in Part Two, Chapter 8?

3. What encounter takes place between Alberto and Teresa in Part Two, Chapter 3?

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

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

6. How is the theme of masculinity explored in Part Two, Chapter 5?

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

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

9. What vow does the Jaguar make in Part Two, Chapter 4? Who witnesses this vow?

10. Who is the narrator in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 2? What does this narrator describe?

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