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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. By what nickname is Ricardo Arana known in the Circle?
(a) The Poet
(b) The Boa
(c) The Jaguar
(d) The Slave

2. Why does the narrator say most of the cadets were in the Academy in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Because their families were in great need for money
(b) Because they were facing imprisonment or reform school
(c) Because their families wanted to get rid of them for a while
(d) Because they had homosexual tendencies

3. Who does Alberto say snuck off the Academy property over the wall on Monday and came back at four in the morning in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Perico
(b) Morte
(c) Urioste
(d) Nunez

4. 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) Morte
(c) Urioste
(d) Perico

5. Who sleeps in the upper bunk in Cava’s room in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Curly
(b) Vallano
(c) Marcela
(d) Alberto

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One, Chapter 3, Alberto describes Skinny Higueras as one of his brother’s friends before he was drafted into the army. What is Alberto’s brother’s name?

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

3. What number does the Jaguar call out after the roll of dice in the opening of Part One, Chapter 1?

4. Who is the lieutenant on duty that is dozing in a chair when Lt. Gamboa enters the guardhouse in Part One, Chapter 8?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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