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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 8 that who invented some new illness every two weeks for his wife in order to get a pass?
(a) Lt. Pitaluga
(b) Lt. Gamboa
(c) Lt. Huarina
(d) Capt. Garrido

2. At what bakery does the narrator say Tere goes to buy bread from on weekdays in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Nunez’s Bakery
(b) Tilau’s Bakery
(c) Emilio’s Bakery
(d) Babe’s Bakery

3. The narrator describes the morning wind springing up where in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Arequipa
(b) La Perla
(c) Cusco
(d) Moquegua

4. 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?
(a) 8 minutes
(b) 3 minutes
(c) 10 minutes
(d) 5 minutes

5. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 6 of the infirmary doctors, “they knew that if you put banana peels on your forehead for a couple of hours, your temperature would go up to about” what?
(a) 101
(b) 103
(c) 102
(d) 100

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During the fight at the movie theater, who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say hit him “so hard in the belly I couldn’t breathe”?

3. What character does the narrator describe in Part One, Chapter 5 as a “half-breed” with “slanted Japanese eyes, thick Negro lips, copper-colored Indian skin, high cheekbones, lank black hair”?

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

5. Who does the narrator say “had come to watch the lessons, and spent the whole time cracking jokes, making insinuations, mentioning Helena’s name” in Part One, Chapter 7?

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