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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. Valdivieso says he believes who made up the nickname that Valdivieso is called in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Marcela
(b) Alberto
(c) Curly
(d) Vallano

2. Who does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 4 believe is double-crossing him in the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Alberto
(b) Curly
(c) Ricardo
(d) Cava

3. 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 New York
(c) To Paris
(d) To Lima

4. Where is Lt. Gamboa’s “solitary house” located, according to the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Barranco
(b) Moquegua
(c) Bellavista
(d) Piura

5. What is the Jaguar’s response when Lt. Gamboa asks him in Part Two, Chapter 5, “Why did you enroll in the Military Academy?”
(a) I wanted to be an army officer
(b) I wanted to impress my father
(c) I wanted to avoid juvenile hall
(d) I wanted to become a man

Short Answer Questions

1. The captain tells Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue that with his new assignment he can now visit where when he goes on leave?

2. Who does Alberto call from the busy bar in Part Two, Chapter 3?

3. What color uniforms does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 1 describe the students from La Salle wearing?

4. How long ago does Alberto say that Teresa came to live next door to him in Part Two, Chapter 4?

5. When Alberto goes to the dark, dirty bar to look for Skinny, Skinny defends Alberto against a drunk by telling him that Alberto is his what in Part Two, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Skinny and Alberto go in order to perform their first robbery together in Part Two, Chapter 3? What are Alberto’s instructions?

2. How does the theme of secrecy relate to the character of Skinny Higueras?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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