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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. How many rooms does Teresa’s house have besides the kitchen, according to the narrator of Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) 10
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 3

2. What answer does Calzada receive when he asks, “When are they going to strip off his insignia?” in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Friday at six
(b) Monday at eleven
(c) Thursday at one
(d) Tuesday at noon

3. Who answers the door at Teresa’s neighbor’s house when she goes to take a bath there before her date in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Marcela
(b) Rosa
(c) Cava
(d) Carmela

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

5. Who is the lieutenant on duty that is dozing in a chair when Lt. Gamboa enters the guardhouse in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Lt. Pitaluga
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Lt. Garrido
(d) Lt. Pezoa

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 7, “I don’t believe in the devil but sometimes” who makes him wonder?

3. Who does Ricardo Arana recall taking his cigarettes and money and once having urinated on him while he slept in Part One, Chapter 6?

4. The narrator of Part One, Chapter 5 says that “Tere went to have lunch on weekdays with some relatives who lived near her school” where?

5. Who does the Jaguar say is taking his place on guard in Part One, Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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