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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the cadets says that Alberto is half what ethnicity in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Bolivian
(b) Trinidadian
(c) Inca
(d) Haitian

2. Who does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say is always talking about the Poet and is perhaps envious of him?
(a) Curly
(b) Revilla
(c) Valdivieso
(d) Cava

3. Who is sitting at his desk “hunched over like a porcupine” when Lt. Gamboa enters the barracks of the Fifth Year in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Capt. Garrido
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Lt. Ferrero
(d) Lt. Pitaluga

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?
(a) Alberto
(b) Valdivieso
(c) Curly
(d) Vallano

5. Where does Alberto tell his mother he stayed with his friend the night before when he returns home in Part Two, Chapter 5?
(a) Trujillo
(b) Chucuito
(c) Tarapoto
(d) Chimbote

6. What cadet does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say was expelled for stealing the chemistry exam?
(a) The Jaguar
(b) The Poet
(c) Curly
(d) Cava

7. When the other cadets return to the Fifth Year bunks in Part Two, Chapter 8, Alberto tells them that he got his injuries how?
(a) He was in a train accident
(b) He was hit by a car
(c) The Jaguar hit him
(d) He was kicked by a horse

8. What is the name of the dog that the narrator describes howling all night in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Rosa
(b) Curly
(c) Skimpy
(d) Pezoa

9. 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) 60
(c) 40
(d) 30

10. Where has Lt. Gamboa been transferred to in the Epilogue?
(a) Piura
(b) Bellavista
(c) Juliaca
(d) Moquegua

11. When the Jaguar is ordered by Lt. Gamboa to go to the guardhouse in Part Two, Chapter 4, he tells Curly, “If this is about the exam, a lot of people are going to” what?
(a) Get expelled from this school
(b) Wish they’d never been born
(c) Go home crying to mama
(d) Get into deep water

12. To what street does Alberto go to find his godfather in Part Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Francisco Pizarro Avenue
(b) Progreso Avenue
(c) Sáenz Peña Avenue
(d) Arica Avenue

13. Ricardo’s father tells Alberto that they’ve operated on his son how many times when they meet in the halls of the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 2

14. What lieutenant does Alberto insist the captain ask about the Slave’s squealing on Cava in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) Lt. Gamboa
(b) Lt. Pitaluga
(c) Lt. Ferrero
(d) Lt. Huarina

15. What color uniforms does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 1 describe the students from La Salle wearing?
(a) Light gray
(b) Light brown
(c) Light blue
(d) Light yellow

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells Arrospide, “Don’t try to be a Pelopidas,” when the officers come to inspect the lockers of the Fifth in Part Two, Chapter 5?

3. Who does the Colonel put in charge of transportation for the cadet’s funeral in Part Two, Chapter 2?

4. Lt. Gamboa tells the cadets in the Fifth to take attack formation and for each man to stand how far apart from the next in Part Two, Chapter 5?

5. Who does Lt. Gamboa order to take the Jaguar’s place in the attack formation in Part Two, Chapter 5?

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