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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name do the elder-classmen of the academy refer to the under-classmen?
(a) Rookies
(b) Chickens
(c) Birds
(d) Dogs

2. 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

3. The narrator notes in Part One, Chapter 2 of the Fifth Year cadets that they know there are how many minutes between the bugle player’s call and the whistle that calls them to fall in line?
(a) 15 minutes
(b) 3 minutes
(c) 10 minutes
(d) 20 minutes

4. The narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 opens the chapter saying “I was in Sáenz Peña and when I left I was going back to” where on foot?
(a) Cajamarca
(b) Tarapoto
(c) Bellavista
(d) Chachapoyas

5. As Alberto walks from the bus station to his house in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4, a group of small boys calls out to him. What do they ask Alberto?
(a) Are you the milk man?
(b) Where is your mother?
(c) Are you selling chocolates?
(d) Where is your little sister?

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago does the narrator say Cava came to Lima to finish school in Part One, Chapter 1?

2. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “an excellent soccer player and his kick had tremendous force”?

3. What color are the flannel pajamas that Cava wears in Part One, Chapter 1?

4. Who sleeps in the upper bunk in Cava’s room in Part One, Chapter 1?

5. Where does Alberto’s father say he’ll send Alberto next year if he does well on his exams in Part One, Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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