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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. What does Alberto buy as a gift for Teresa after he’s done the robbery with Skinny in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Chalk
(b) New shoes
(c) Magazines
(d) A notebook

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

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

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

5. Alberto says that each time he goes with Skinny to rob houses, he earns about how much in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) 5 soles
(b) 10 soles
(c) 15 soles
(d) 20 soles

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the commandant that is in the colonel’s office when Alberto enters in Part Two, Chapter 6?

2. Of what cadet does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say he “never talks any more. It’s over four days since his buddy’s funeral, he could’ve got over it by now, but he’s even worse”?

3. Who does the Colonel put in charge of transportation for the cadet’s funeral in Part Two, Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of the friend of Skinny’s that meets Skinny and Alberto to perform a robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3?

5. Whose quote opens Part Two of the novel (“I’m twenty years old. Don’t let anyone tell me it is the most beautiful period of life.”)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What confession does Alberto make in Part Two, Chapter 3? To whom does he make this confession?

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

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

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

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

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

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