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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 5-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator suggest that he and his mother go back to in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) Chiclayo
(b) Machala
(c) Iquitos
(d) Pucallpa

2. When Alberto goes to the dark, dirty bar to look for Skinny, Skinny defends Alberto against a drunk by telling him that Alberto is his what in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Cousin
(b) Brother
(c) Nephew
(d) Son

3. Who does the Jaguar say is taking his place on guard in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) The Poet
(b) The Slave
(c) The Boa
(d) Curly

4. Who does the narrator say “drank in secret while he was Officer of the Guard” in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Lt. Martinez
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Lt. Pitaluga
(d) Lt. Huarina

5. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 tells his mother that he would rather live with whom than his father?
(a) Skinny Higueras
(b) Uncle Pezoa
(c) Lt. Gamboa
(d) Aunt Adelina

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator that describes his birthday in Part Two, Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of the military academy that Cava and the other boys attend in the novel?

3. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “the huskiest cadet in the first section, perhaps in the whole Academy”?

4. The narrator in Part Two, Chapter 3 describes the Poet as having been flattened by whom in a fight?

5. Teresa’s aunt says that Teresa is almost what age in Part One, Chapter 4?

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