Captain Pantoja and the Special Service Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Captain Pantoja and the Special Service Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. In what year is the Special Services' pilot mission?

2. What is the new name of the hydroplane that Pantoja and the Special Service are allowed to use?

3. What does SSGFRI stand for?

4. At what port does the Special Services' pilot mission take place?

5. What month is Pocha's letter to a relative dated in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pantoja tell Collazos about red porpoise oil?

2. What is Dispatch Number One?

3. What does Pocha say in a letter to her sister Chichi in Chapter 3?

4. Why does Pantoja begin receiving complaints from military posts?

5. Why are people in Moronacocha heralding a young boy as a martyr?

6. What does the dispatch from Rear Admiral Carrillo, Chief of the River Forces of the Amazon to Captain Pantoja's superiors say?

7. Describe the nightmare Pantoja has about the Special Services in Chapter 2.

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

9. What problems does Pocha tell Chichi she is having with Pantoja?

10. What is the success level of the Special Service's pilot mission?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the dream Pantoja has in which Olga becomes his wife? How does this dream seem to affect him while he is having it? What is the overall tone of the dream? How does he seem to feel about the women in his life in the dream? Why do you think the dream contains several instances of mistaken identity?

Essay Topic 2

Explore Pantoja's feelings about sex throughout the novel. How does he seem to feel about sex prior to the formation of the Special Service? How do his views change? What are some examples that show how his views change? What do you think is the significance of his changes views on sex? What is the author trying to say about Pantoja as a character? What might he be saying about sex?

Essay Topic 3

Explore Pantoja's straight-laced nature at the start of the book. Describe two instances in which Pantoja shows himself to be straight-laced. Knowing Pantoja is prudish and does everything by the book, why does Army choose him to run their operation? Why does this prudish nature work both for and against him?

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