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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 does the Colonel put in charge of transportation for the cadet’s funeral in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Pitaluga
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Lt. Fernandez
(d) Lt. Huarina

2. Who does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say is always talking about the Poet and is perhaps envious of him?
(a) Curly
(b) Valdivieso
(c) Cava
(d) Revilla

3. Who is the narrator that describes his birthday in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Alberto
(b) Valdivieso
(c) Vallano
(d) Cava

4. What is the name of the dog that the narrator describes howling all night in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Rosa
(b) Curly
(c) Skimpy
(d) Pezoa

5. Whose funeral is being held in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Alberto Fernandez’s
(b) Carmela Cigüeña’s
(c) Valdivieso’s
(d) Ricardo Arana’s

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What lieutenant does Alberto insist the captain ask about the Slave’s squealing on Cava in Part Two, Chapter 4?

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

5. Ricardo’s father tells Alberto that they’ve operated on his son how many times when they meet in the halls of the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Lt. Gamboa respond to the Jaguar’s confession in the Epilogue of the novel?

3. What does the character of Ricardo Arana represent symbolically in The Time of the Hero?

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

5. How does Alberto effectively get out of school early in Part Two, Chapter 1? On what days does he leave the campus?

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

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

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

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

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

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