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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 Tere give to the narrator in Part Two, Chapter 2 for his birthday?
(a) A sleeveless sweater
(b) A book
(c) A pair of new shoes
(d) A wool jacket

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

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

4. 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?
(a) Son
(b) Brother
(c) Cousin
(d) Nephew

5. How many doctors does the colonel say determined that the bullet that killed the Slave was from his own rifle in Part Two, Chapter 6?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the narrator in Part Two, Chapter 5 after the Fifth has been ordered to open their lockers for inspection, “Keep hold of yourself; this is the end of the world”?

2. Whose “songlike voice” does Alberto distinguish among the cadets shouting “Squealer!” at the Jaguar in Part Two, Chapter 8?

3. After his meeting with the colonel, Alberto returns to the guardhouse and is put in the same cell with whom in Part Two, Chapter 6?

4. The narrator of Part Two, Chapter 5 says that “they say” what women “are the most beautiful in the world”?

5. Who is sitting at his desk “hunched over like a porcupine” when Lt. Gamboa enters the barracks of the Fifth Year in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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