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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. 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 calculus exam
(b) The chemistry exam
(c) The Latin exam
(d) The history exam

2. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “an excellent soccer player and his kick had tremendous force”?
(a) Morte
(b) Revilla
(c) Pezoa
(d) Urioste

3. Skinny tells Alberto in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3 that the narrator has a nephew who must be about what age by now?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 8
(d) 4

4. What day of the week is it when Alberto returns home from the Academy in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Thursday
(b) Saturday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Sunday

5. What number does the Jaguar call out after the roll of dice in the opening of Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) 8
(b) 7
(c) 4
(d) 3

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who exits the meeting with the Boa in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?

4. 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?

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

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