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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 5-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many hours will Ricardo have outside the Academy on his pass after he’s revealed the person responsible for the chemistry exam theft in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) 8
(b) 3
(c) 10
(d) 6

2. What is the name of the military academy that Cava and the other boys attend in the novel?
(a) The Leoncio Prado Military Academy
(b) The Hargrave Military Academy
(c) The Admiral Farragut Academy
(d) The School of the Americas

3. How many cadets does the captain at the Fifth Year barracks say are currently confined in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 20
(b) 40
(c) 30
(d) 60

4. What does Lt. Gamboa say he always does when he is Officer of the Guard to pass the time in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) He plays solitaire
(b) He watches television
(c) He studies
(d) He daydreams

5. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “the huskiest cadet in the first section, perhaps in the whole Academy”?
(a) Revilla
(b) Morte
(c) Pezoa
(d) Urioste

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alberto goes a second time to see his godfather in Part Two, Chapter 2, the godfather’s daughter tells Alberto that her father will be gone in the mountains for how many days?

2. Where does the narrator suggest that he and his mother go back to in Part One, Chapter 5?

3. Where does Alberto say Skinny Higueras always waited for him when Alberto slipped out of school in Part Two, Chapter 1?

4. Who comes running into the barracks shouting at the cadets to be quiet and stop as they verbally assault the Jaguar in Part Two, Chapter 8?

5. Whose “songlike voice” does Alberto distinguish among the cadets shouting “Squealer!” at the Jaguar in Part Two, Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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