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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. How many cadets does the captain at the Fifth Year barracks say are currently confined in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 60
(b) 20
(c) 40
(d) 30

2. 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

3. Alberto says in Part Two, Chapter 7, “The rest of that day I just wandered around, and a woman gave me some bread and a little milk. When it got dark I slept in a ditch again, near” what street?
(a) Sáenz Peña Avenue
(b) Arica Avenue
(c) Progreso Avenue
(d) Bellavista Avenue

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 well
(c) The cemetery
(d) The church

5. How much money does Skinny give to Alberto after they perform the house robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3, while promising him more tomorrow?
(a) 20 soles
(b) 10 soles
(c) 5 soles
(d) 3 soles

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Jaguar admit in his note to Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel?

2. What does Tere give to the narrator in Part Two, Chapter 2 for his birthday?

3. How many years have passed since Lt. Gamboa was a cadet and went to the movies with Rosa every Sunday in Part Two, Chapter 8?

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. Who is the narrator that describes his birthday in Part Two, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How would you describe the Boa’s relationship to the Jaguar in the novel?

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

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

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

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

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

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