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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Lt. Gamboa tells the cadets in the Fifth to take attack formation and for each man to stand how far apart from the next in Part Two, Chapter 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?
3. When the other cadets return to the Fifth Year bunks in Part Two, Chapter 8, Alberto tells them that he got his injuries how?
4. Who is described in Part Two, Chapter 4 as “a very young lieutenant, in charge of a company in the Third”?
5. To whom does the Jaguar say in the barracks in Part Two, Chapter 8, “Yes, you’re a gentleman. Of course you are. Everybody from Miraflores is a gentleman”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of masculinity explored in Part Two, Chapter 5?
2. What is the outcome for Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel? Where is he going?
3. How does the Jaguar respond when Alberto attempts to make peace with him in Part Two, Chapter 8?
4. What does the Colonel use in order to blackmail the Poet in Part Two, Chapter 6?
5. How does Lt. Gamboa respond to the Jaguar’s confession in the Epilogue of the novel?
6. Who is the narrator in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 1? What does this narrator describe?
7. What causes the Poet to begin to doubt himself and his allegations in Part Two?
8. How is the Slave injured in the novel? What is the status of his injuries in the opening of Part Two?
9. Who is the second narrator of Part Two, Chapter 1? What does this character relate in the chapter?
10. Who is the narrator in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 2? What does this narrator describe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Plot Structure
a. Discuss the plot structure of The Time of the Hero. In what ways is the narrative related and what effect does this have on the reader?
b. Discuss the linear and nonlinear elements of the narrative. Why does the author employ a nonlinear structure?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of friendship in The Time of the Hero. Which characters in the story relate to this theme the greatest in Part One? How is friendship defined by the different cadets in the story? How do the friendships in the narrative evolve?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the characters of Golden Toes and Teresa in the narrative. How do the cadets communicate when they discuss Golden Toes? What stories do they relate? How is their reverence different with Teresa?
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