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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. What are the official colors of Pantoja's special service?
2. What does SSGFRI stand for?
3. How many new prostitutes are hired for the Special Service in Chapter 5?
4. Who has problems with their telephone in Chapter 1?
5. In what year is the Special Services' pilot mission?
Short Essay Questions
1. What have Poncio and his devotees been working on?
2. What does Pocha say in a letter to her sister Chichi in Chapter 3?
3. What is Dispatch Number 2?
4. Where does Pantoja's family hope he relocates?
5. Why are Pantoja's coworkers concerned about him spending time with a woman named Olga?
6. What instructions does Air Force Colonel Andrés Sarmiento Segovia give about a hydroplane called Delilah?
7. Why is Mother Leonor having a hard time in Iquitos?
8. What is Pantoja's job in Iquitos?
9. How has Pocha adapted to life in Iquitos?
10. Why does Pochita think Pantoja is up to no good after their first night in Iquitos?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of Olga's murder to the rest of the novel? Why do you think Olga is killed off in the story? Are you surprised by her fate? Why or why not? How does her murder move the plot of the story along? Do you think it is significant that her murder is the result of a botched plan to kidnap and rape her? Why do you think Vargas Llosa chooses to kill her this way and not actually be purposefully be murdered by Moray and his men?
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of the army's inability to keep the Secret Service a secret? When does it become clear that the mission is no longer being kept a tight secret? What seems to be the reason the secret gets out? Why do you think the army keeps adding more and more people to the circle of people who know about the mission? Why do you think they are not being more careful?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of the "The Hymn of the Special Service"? Why do you think Pantoja provides the lyrics to his superiors? How does he feel about the song? What is the significance of his feelings about the song? Thinking about the lyrics, how do the prostitutes seem to feel about their jobs? Why do you think the author shows the reader the prostitutes' take on their jobs?
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