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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 is Rioalto's first name?
(a) Duardito.
(b) Palominos.
(c) Hoñorato.
(d) Sinforoso.

2. What is Beltran's role in the military?
(a) Janitor.
(b) General.
(c) Chaplain.
(d) Cook.

3. Where does Leonor hope Pantoja's assignment will take them?
(a) Chiclayo.
(b) Buenos Aires.
(c) Havana.
(d) Madrid.

4. What is the original name of the Navy ship that Pantoja and the Special Service are allowed to use?
(a) S.S. Carlita.
(b) S.S. Lolita.
(c) S.S. Daria.
(d) S.S. Pachitea.

5. Where are Pocha and Leonor not allowed to shop?
(a) The discount warehouse.
(b) The city grocery store.
(c) The post exchange.
(d) The mall.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Navy admiral who gives Pantoja permission to use a ship is chief of what?

2. Who has problems with their telephone in Chapter 1?

3. What nickname do the prostitutes give to the command post where Pantoja works?

4. What do people begin carrying around with them after someone is sacrificed?

5. Who refuses to meet with Pantoja after the secret about the Special Service gets out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What preliminary instructions is Pantoja given before leaving for Iquitos?

2. What instructions does Air Force Colonel Andrés Sarmiento Segovia give about a hydroplane called Delilah?

3. What signs of growth in the Special Service are shown in Chapter 5?

4. What is Dispatch Number One?

5. Why does it take Pantoja and his crew a week to turn the Itaya depot into a suitable work space?

6. What is the issue that Pantoja is being sent to the small city of Iquitos to handle?

7. How has Pocha adapted to life in Iquitos?

8. Why are Sinforoso Caiguas and Palominos Rioalto chosen to assist Pantoja and his new operation?

9. Why is Captain Pantoja being relocated in Chapter 1?

10. Why are Pantoja's coworkers concerned about him spending time with a woman named Olga?

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