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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many points does Alberto say he needs for the exam in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) 50
(b) 70
(c) 40
(d) 60

2. The quote that opens Part One, Chapter 1 (“We play the part of heroes because we’re cowards, the part of saints because we’re wicked”) is written by whom?
(a) Samuel Beckett
(b) Franz Kafka
(c) Jean-Paul Sartre
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson

3. Of the cadets at the Academy, Lt. Gamboa says in Part One, Chapter 8, “Half of them are sent here so they won’t turn out to be” what?
(a) Ladies
(b) Gangsters
(c) Momma’s boys
(d) Sissies

4. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “the huskiest cadet in the first section, perhaps in the whole Academy”?
(a) Revilla
(b) Morte
(c) Pezoa
(d) Urioste

5. Lt. Huarina is said to own a small store where, in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Cajamarca
(b) Trujillo
(c) Chimbote
(d) Los Barrios

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say essentially ran things in the Circle during their Fifth Year in Part One, Chapter 3?

2. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 says, “The cadets admired the chaplain because they considered him” what?

3. Where does the narrator say Porfirio Cava grew up in Part One, Chapter 1?

4. The narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 opens the chapter saying “I was in Sáenz Peña and when I left I was going back to” where on foot?

5. The narrator describes Alberto as getting off the bus at what stop in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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