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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. What is the name of the military academy that Cava and the other boys attend in the novel?
(a) The School of the Americas
(b) The Hargrave Military Academy
(c) The Admiral Farragut Academy
(d) The Leoncio Prado Military Academy

2. What does the Jaguar admit in his note to Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel?
(a) That he murdered the Slave
(b) That he murdered Cava
(c) That he stole the chemistry exam
(d) That he cheated on the history exam

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

4. 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) 12:00 a.m.
(b) 9:00 p.m.
(c) 10:00 p.m.
(d) 11:00 p.m.

5. Lt. Gamboa tells the cadets in the Fifth to take attack formation and for each man to stand how far apart from the next in Part Two, Chapter 5?
(a) 20 yards
(b) 5 yards
(c) 10 yards
(d) 15 yards

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 5 tell his mother he’s going to have lunch with a friend?

2. One of the cadets says that Alberto is half what ethnicity in Part Two, Chapter 1?

3. With whom does Teresa say she’s got a date when talking with her aunt in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?

4. What answer does Calzada receive when he asks, “When are they going to strip off his insignia?” in Part One, Chapter 8?

5. When Alberto goes a second time to see his godfather in Part Two, Chapter 2, the godfather’s daughter tells Alberto that her father will be gone in the mountains for how many days?

(see the answer key)

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