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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. 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?
(a) Zana
(b) Potao
(c) Talara
(d) Mancora

2. What color are the flannel pajamas that Cava wears in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Red
(b) Blue
(c) Green
(d) Yellow

3. Who are “the three victims in the first section” that were late falling into line in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Varua, Morte, and Pezoa
(b) Curly, the Jaguar, and the Boa
(c) Skinny, Marcela, and Vallano
(d) Urioste, Nunez, and Revilla

4. The narrator describes a fight breaking out at the movie theater because what character refused to get rid of the bricks he was sitting on in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) The Poet
(b) Cava
(c) The Jaguar
(d) The Boa

5. The Slave tells Alberto that who is on duty today in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Huarina
(b) Lt. Fernandez
(c) Lt. Ferrero
(d) Lt. Gamboa

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Alberto’s mother in the novel?

2. In Part One, Chapter 3, Alberto describes Skinny Higueras as one of his brother’s friends before he was drafted into the army. What is Alberto’s brother’s name?

3. On Saturdays, how long do the Fifth Year cadets have “to wash, dress, make their bunks, and fall in” after the bugle call, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?

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

5. Who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say lives next door to him and often comes to the door when he knocks unless her aunt does?

(see the answer key)

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