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

2. 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 selling chocolates?
(b) Where is your mother?
(c) Where is your little sister?
(d) Are you the milk man?

3. Teresa’s aunt says that Teresa is almost what age in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) 18
(b) 16
(c) 20
(d) 21

4. According to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2, “this Saturday was an exception. The field exercises had been canceled because the Fifth was scheduled to take” what exam?
(a) The chemistry exam
(b) The history exam
(c) The Latin exam
(d) The calculus exam

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 describe going to soccer games on the days when his neighbor goes to Lima with her aunt?

2. What do Alberto’s mother’s women friends come over to play every afternoon in Part One, Chapter 4?

3. At what time does Teresa say her date will be calling for her in Part One, Chapter 4?

4. What three army noncoms follow Lt. Gamboa as he orders the cadets into line in Part One, Chapter 2?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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