1. Paulino says in Part One, Chapter 5, “These two’ve been together every minute for a whole week,” when referring to Alberto and whom?
(a) The Slave
(b) The Boa
(c) The Jaguar
(d) The Poet

2. During the fight at the movie theater, who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say hit him “so hard in the belly I couldn’t breathe”?
(a) Revilla
(b) Varua
(c) Nunez
(d) Pezoa

3. What is the name of the friend of Skinny’s that meets Skinny and Alberto to perform a robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Jitters
(b) Cava
(c) Revilla
(d) Paulino

4. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 8 that who invented some new illness every two weeks for his wife in order to get a pass?
(a) Capt. Garrido
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Lt. Gamboa
(d) Lt. Pitaluga

5. With whom does Alberto say he jumped over the wall and went to a fiesta in La Punta the previous year in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Arrospide
(b) Urioste
(c) Perico
(d) Morte

Short Answer Questions

1. On Saturdays, how long do the Fifth Year cadets have “to wash, dress, make their bunks, and fall in” after the bugle call, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?

2. The narrator describes the morning wind springing up where in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?

3. Who does the narrator say reprimands Lt. Huarina in public at the Academy in Part One, Chapter 6?

4. Who responds to the Colonel that he is to be Officer of the Day tomorrow during the funeral in Part Two, Chapter 2?

5. What is Alberto’s last name in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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