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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator say he would go on Sundays when Teresa went to visit family in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) The Bellavista Plaza
(b) Juliaca
(c) Moquegua
(d) Barranco

2. Who exits the meeting with the Boa in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Vallano
(b) Curly
(c) Cava
(d) Alberto

3. At whose house is the party going to be tomorrow, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Ana’s
(b) Rosa’s
(c) Teresa’s
(d) Paulino’s

4. Paulino says in Part One, Chapter 5, “These two’ve been together every minute for a whole week,” when referring to Alberto and whom?
(a) The Poet
(b) The Slave
(c) The Boa
(d) The Jaguar

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

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) Gangsters
(b) Sissies
(c) Ladies
(d) Momma’s boys

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

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

9. What is the name of the hideout where the cadets buy pisco and cigarettes from Paulino in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) Los Perros
(b) La Perlita
(c) La Cuidad
(d) La Brama

10. Why does the narrator say most of the cadets were in the Academy in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) Because their families were in great need for money
(b) Because they had homosexual tendencies
(c) Because their families wanted to get rid of them for a while
(d) Because they were facing imprisonment or reform school

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

12. Who does the narrator say reprimands Lt. Huarina in public at the Academy in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Lt. Ferrero
(b) Lt. Pitaluga
(c) Capt. Garrido
(d) Lt. Gamboa

13. At what time do the narrator and his fellow cadets go into Emilio’s house after the dance lesson in Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) 4:00 p.m.
(b) 3:00 p.m.
(c) 1:00 p.m.
(d) 2:00 p.m.

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

15. How much does Paulino charge for a slug of pisco at the hideout in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) 15 centavos
(b) 50 centavos
(c) 10 centavos
(d) 25 centavos

Short Answer Questions

1. How many points does Alberto say he needs for the exam in Part One, Chapter 2?

2. 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?

3. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 6 of the infirmary doctors, “they knew that if you put banana peels on your forehead for a couple of hours, your temperature would go up to about” what?

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

5. What is Alberto’s last name in the novel?

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