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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. Where do the buglers play their morning alarm on Saturdays, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) The parade ground
(b) The latrines
(c) The General’s headquarters
(d) The clock tower

2. 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?
(a) In Barranca
(b) In Mexico City
(c) In Lima
(d) In Medio Mundo

3. Vallano asks Alberto if he attended what academy in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) La Salle Academy
(b) La Honduras Academy
(c) La Zapata Academy
(d) La Cigüeña Academy

4. How is Teresa’s school uniform described in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) A red skirt and a blue blouse
(b) A blue skirt and a white blouse
(c) A yellow skirt and a white blouse
(d) A pink skirt and a white blouse

5. Who does the narrator say essentially ran things in the Circle during their Fifth Year in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) The Poet
(b) Cava
(c) The Boa
(d) The Jaguar

Short Answer Questions

1. What number does the Jaguar call out after the roll of dice in the opening of Part One, Chapter 1?

2. Paulino says in Part One, Chapter 5, “These two’ve been together every minute for a whole week,” when referring to Alberto and whom?

3. The narrator says of Lt. Gamboa in Part One, Chapter 8, that he “loved the military life for exactly the same reasons that the others hated it.” What reasons are these?

4. 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”?

5. What color are the flannel pajamas that Cava wears in Part One, Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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