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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say lives next door to him and often comes to the door when he knocks unless her aunt does?
(a) Teresa
(b) Marcela
(c) Carmela
(d) Helena

2. The quote that opens Part One, Chapter 1 (“We play the part of heroes because we’re cowards, the part of saints because we’re wicked”) is written by whom?
(a) Franz Kafka
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(c) Samuel Beckett
(d) Jean-Paul Sartre

3. Where does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 describe going to soccer games on the days when his neighbor goes to Lima with her aunt?
(a) Zana
(b) Potao
(c) Talara
(d) Mancora

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

5. The narrator notes in Part One, Chapter 2 of the Fifth Year cadets that they know there are how many minutes between the bugle player’s call and the whistle that calls them to fall in line?
(a) 10 minutes
(b) 15 minutes
(c) 20 minutes
(d) 3 minutes

6. What is Alberto’s last name in the novel?
(a) Arana
(b) Huarina
(c) Hernandez
(d) Fernandez

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

8. The narrator in Part One, Chapter 5 says, “The cadets admired the chaplain because they considered him” what?
(a) A faithful man
(b) A religious man
(c) A Godly man
(d) An honest man

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

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

11. 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) 9:00 p.m.
(b) 11:00 p.m.
(c) 12:00 a.m.
(d) 10:00 p.m.

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

13. Lt. Huarina is said to own a small store where, in Part One, Chapter 6?
(a) Trujillo
(b) Chimbote
(c) Los Barrios
(d) Cajamarca

14. What does Alberto drink a shot of with Skinny at the bar in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) Vodka
(b) Tequila
(c) Pisco
(d) Rum

15. By what name do the elder-classmen of the academy refer to the under-classmen?
(a) Rookies
(b) Dogs
(c) Birds
(d) Chickens

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes the morning wind springing up where in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 2?

2. At whose house is the party going to be tomorrow, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 7?

3. Who does Ricardo Arana recall taking his cigarettes and money and once having urinated on him while he slept in Part One, Chapter 6?

4. With whom does Alberto say he jumped over the wall and went to a fiesta in La Punta the previous year in Part One, Chapter 6?

5. What month is it in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 8?

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