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

2. What does the Jaguar admit in his note to Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel?
(a) That he stole the chemistry exam
(b) That he cheated on the history exam
(c) That he murdered Cava
(d) That he murdered the Slave

3. 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) Perico
(c) Cava
(d) Altuna

4. The narrator of Part Two, Chapter 2 says that his godfather “lived a long way off, out by” what?
(a) The bridge
(b) The cemetery
(c) The church
(d) The well

5. Who is the character that is known as “the Boa” in the Circle?
(a) Valdivieso
(b) Cava
(c) Alberto
(d) Ricardo

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes running into the barracks shouting at the cadets to be quiet and stop as they verbally assault the Jaguar in Part Two, Chapter 8?

2. Who is the instructor of the physical education class that Alberto describes sneaking out of in Part Two, Chapter 1?

3. What did Lt. Gamboa tell the Jaguar to take with him to the guardhouse when he approached him in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 4?

4. The captain tells Lt. Gamboa in Part Two, Chapter 7, “A clean conscience might help you get into heaven, but it won’t help” what?

5. One of the cadets says that Alberto is half what ethnicity in Part Two, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are revealed to be the Jaguar’s objectives in Part Two of the novel? Why are his objectives not met?

3. What action does Lt. Gamboa take in following up on Alberto’s claims in Part Two, Chapter 5?

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

5. Who is the second narrator of Part Two, Chapter 1? What does this character relate in the chapter?

6. How has the death of the Slave affected the Poet and the Jaguar in Part Two, Chapter 5?

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

10. How is the Slave injured in the novel? What is the status of his injuries in the opening of Part Two?

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