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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Pluto’s cousin that “had become the girlfriend of a boy from San Isidro,” according to the narrator of Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Rosa
(b) Sara
(c) Marcela
(d) Carmela

2. What day of the week is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8, when Lt. Gamboa prepares for field exercises?
(a) Monday
(b) Saturday
(c) Sunday
(d) Thursday

3. At what time does the Boa say he has to go on guard in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 5

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

5. Skinny tells Alberto in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3 that the narrator has a nephew who must be about what age by now?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 3

6. Of the cadets at the Academy, Lt. Gamboa says in Part One, Chapter 8, “Half of them are sent here so they won’t turn out to be” what?
(a) Ladies
(b) Sissies
(c) Momma’s boys
(d) Gangsters

7. What month is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) March
(b) September
(c) July
(d) October

8. According to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 6, the Jaguar invented the breath-holding trick, which would lead the attendant to admit one to the infirmary with symptoms of what?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Tachycardia
(c) Paranoia
(d) Insomnia

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

10. At what time does Lt. Huarina tell Ricardo to return to the Academy after Ricardo reveals the person responsible for the chemistry exam theft in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) 10:00 p.m.
(b) 12:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 p.m.
(d) 11:00 p.m.

11. At what time does Teresa say her date will be calling for her in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) 6:00
(b) 7:00
(c) 5:00
(d) 8:00

12. As Alberto walks from the bus station to his house in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4, a group of small boys calls out to him. What do they ask Alberto?
(a) Where is your little sister?
(b) Are you selling chocolates?
(c) Are you the milk man?
(d) Where is your mother?

13. The Slave tells Alberto that who is on duty today in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Gamboa
(b) Lt. Fernandez
(c) Lt. Huarina
(d) Lt. Ferrero

14. Where does the narrator suggest that he and his mother go back to in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) Iquitos
(b) Pucallpa
(c) Chiclayo
(d) Machala

15. 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”?
(a) Revilla
(b) Pezoa
(c) Nunez
(d) Varua

Short Answer Questions

1. Curly describes an earthquake that took place in what year in Part One, Chapter 7?

2. Lt. Huarina is said to own a small store where, in Part One, Chapter 6?

3. How much money does the narrator borrow from Skinny in Part One, Chapter 7?

4. Where do Tere’s aunt and uncle live in Part One, Chapter 5?

5. 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?

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