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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 long has it been since Alberto’s godfather has seen him when he arrives at his house in Part Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 3 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 1 year
(d) 2 years

2. Who is the character that is known as “the Boa” in the Circle?
(a) Ricardo
(b) Valdivieso
(c) Cava
(d) Alberto

3. Who is the instructor of the physical education class that Alberto describes sneaking out of in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Señor Pitaluga
(b) Señor Zapata
(c) Señor Fernandez
(d) Señor Cigüeña

4. 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) Arica Avenue
(b) Bellavista Avenue
(c) Progreso Avenue
(d) Sáenz Peña Avenue

5. How old does the narrator say the dog is that lives at the Academy in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Over 5 years old
(b) Over 10 years old
(c) Over 7 years old
(d) Over 3 years old

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 4 believe is double-crossing him in the beginning of the chapter?

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

3. The captain tells Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue that with his new assignment he can now visit where when he goes on leave?

4. Who is the art and music teacher that Alberto describes in Part Two, Chapter 1?

5. Where does Alberto tell his mother he stayed with his friend the night before when he returns home in Part Two, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What action does Lt. Gamboa take in following up on Alberto’s claims in Part Two, Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does the character of the Boa represent symbolically in The Time of the Hero?

9. What does the Colonel use in order to blackmail the Poet 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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