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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. 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?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 5

2. Where does Alberto tell his mother he stayed with his friend the night before when he returns home in Part Two, Chapter 5?
(a) Trujillo
(b) Tarapoto
(c) Chucuito
(d) Chimbote

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

4. The narrator of Part Two, Chapter 5 says that “they say” what women “are the most beautiful in the world”?
(a) European
(b) Chilean
(c) Hawaiian
(d) North American

5. Where has Lt. Gamboa been transferred to in the Epilogue?
(a) Juliaca
(b) Piura
(c) Bellavista
(d) Moquegua

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alberto say Skinny took him to a different bar that was dark and dirty in Part Two, Chapter 2?

2. As Alberto contemplates his fate in the guardhouse, he thinks that he will run away with Teresa where in Part Two, Chapter 4?

3. How many cadets does the captain at the Fifth Year barracks say are currently confined in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 7?

4. At what time is the funeral of the cadet set to take place in Part Two, Chapter 2?

5. When questioned by Lt. Gamboa in Part Two, Chapter 5, the Jaguar admits that everyone in the first section bought exams except for whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the outcome for Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel? Where is he going?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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