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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years does the narrator say his father served the government in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) 45
(b) 20
(c) 10
(d) 30

2. 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 daydreams
(b) He watches television
(c) He studies
(d) He plays solitaire

3. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “an excellent soccer player and his kick had tremendous force”?
(a) Morte
(b) Urioste
(c) Revilla
(d) Pezoa

4. Who does the Jaguar say is taking his place on guard in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Curly
(b) The Slave
(c) The Poet
(d) The Boa

5. By what nickname is Ricardo Arana known in the Circle?
(a) The Jaguar
(b) The Boa
(c) The Slave
(d) The Poet

6. Who does Lt. Gamboa call from the guardhouse when he goes there in the morning in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) His brother
(b) His sister
(c) His wife
(d) His mother

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

8. On what day of the week does the narrator’s neighbor go with her aunt to Lima in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) Thursdays
(b) Tuesdays
(c) Mondays
(d) Sundays

9. 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 Boa
(b) The Poet
(c) The Jaguar
(d) Cava

10. What is the name of Alberto’s mother in the novel?
(a) Helena
(b) Marcela
(c) Carmela
(d) Teresa

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

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

13. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 7, “I don’t believe in the devil but sometimes” who makes him wonder?
(a) The Jaguar
(b) The Boa
(c) The Slave
(d) The Poet

14. What do Alberto’s mother’s women friends come over to play every afternoon in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) Canasta
(b) Chess
(c) Poker
(d) Bridge

15. Where does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 5 tell his mother he’s going to have lunch with a friend?
(a) In Casma
(b) In Huarmey
(c) In Chicuito
(d) In Chimbote

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is giving Alberto a dance lesson in Part One, Chapter 7?

2. What is the name of the hideout where the cadets buy pisco and cigarettes from Paulino in Part One, Chapter 5?

3. What is the name of the military academy that Cava and the other boys attend in the novel?

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

5. The three cadets that were last to fall in line are given a choice by Lt. Gamboa for six points or what, in Part One, Chapter 2?

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