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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. 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) Franz Kafka
(b) Jean-Paul Sartre
(c) Samuel Beckett
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson

2. How many rooms does Teresa’s house have besides the kitchen, according to the narrator of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 10
(d) 2

3. The Slave tells Alberto that who is on duty today in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Gamboa
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Lt. Fernandez
(d) Lt. Ferrero

4. For how many years does the narrator say his father served the government in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) 45
(b) 10
(c) 30
(d) 20

5. What is the name of Pluto’s cousin that “had become the girlfriend of a boy from San Isidro,” according to the narrator of Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Carmela
(b) Marcela
(c) Rosa
(d) Sara

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 6 of the infirmary doctors, “they knew that if you put banana peels on your forehead for a couple of hours, your temperature would go up to about” what?

2. Who does the narrator say “drank in secret while he was Officer of the Guard” in Part One, Chapter 8?

3. The narrator describes a fight breaking out at the movie theater because what character refused to get rid of the bricks he was sitting on in Part One, Chapter 3?

4. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 7, “I don’t believe in the devil but sometimes” who makes him wonder?

5. Where does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 describe going to soccer games on the days when his neighbor goes to Lima with her aunt?

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