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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. What day of the week is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8, when Lt. Gamboa prepares for field exercises?
(a) Monday
(b) Saturday
(c) Thursday
(d) Sunday

2. Who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say lives next door to him and often comes to the door when he knocks unless her aunt does?
(a) Carmela
(b) Marcela
(c) Teresa
(d) Helena

3. At what time do the narrator and his fellow cadets go into Emilio’s house after the dance lesson in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) 2:00 p.m.
(b) 4:00 p.m.
(c) 3:00 p.m.
(d) 1:00 p.m.

4. What book does Vallano decide to “rent out” to the other cadets in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Eleodora’s Pleasures
(b) To Have and Have Not
(c) Hamlet
(d) Don Quixote

5. At what time does Lt. Huarina tell Ricardo to return to the Academy after Ricardo reveals the person responsible for the chemistry exam theft in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) 9:00 p.m.
(b) 12:00 a.m.
(c) 11:00 p.m.
(d) 10:00 p.m.

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

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?

4. Who does Ricardo Arana recall taking his cigarettes and money and once having urinated on him while he slept in Part One, Chapter 6?

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

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