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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 15 yards
(b) 5 yards
(c) 10 yards
(d) 20 yards

2. Who is described in Part Two, Chapter 4 as “a very young lieutenant, in charge of a company in the Third”?
(a) Lt. Ferrero
(b) Lt. Huarina
(c) Lt. Pitaluga
(d) Lt. Gamboa

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

4. Who tells the narrator in Part Two, Chapter 5 after the Fifth has been ordered to open their lockers for inspection, “Keep hold of yourself; this is the end of the world”?
(a) Alberto
(b) Vallano
(c) Lt. Ferrero
(d) Cava

5. Alberto says in Part Two, Chapter 7, “The rest of that day I just wandered around, and a woman gave me some bread and a little milk. When it got dark I slept in a ditch again, near” what street?
(a) Bellavista Avenue
(b) Progreso Avenue
(c) Arica Avenue
(d) Sáenz Peña Avenue

6. Who does Alberto ask to see at the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Capt. Garrido
(b) Skinny Higueras
(c) Ricardo Arana
(d) Lt. Gamboa

7. Alberto says that each time he goes with Skinny to rob houses, he earns about how much in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) 20 soles
(b) 5 soles
(c) 15 soles
(d) 10 soles

8. The Jaguar tells Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue, “They all say, ‘Gamboa’s the strictest of the officers but he’s the only one that’s’” what?
(a) Religious
(b) Honest
(c) Just
(d) Loyal

9. The narrator of Part Two, Chapter 2 says that his godfather “lived a long way off, out by” what?
(a) The church
(b) The cemetery
(c) The well
(d) The bridge

10. What is Valdivieso’s nickname in the Circle?
(a) The Jaguar
(b) The Boa
(c) The Slave
(d) The Poet

11. As Alberto contemplates his fate in the guardhouse, he thinks that he will run away with Teresa where in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) To New York
(b) To Lima
(c) To Montreal
(d) To Paris

12. Whose funeral is being held in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Carmela Cigüeña’s
(b) Ricardo Arana’s
(c) Alberto Fernandez’s
(d) Valdivieso’s

13. Where does Alberto tell the colonel his mother is from in Part Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Cajamarca
(b) Moquegua
(c) Piura
(d) Pucallpa

14. What does the Jaguar admit in his note to Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel?
(a) That he murdered the Slave
(b) That he stole the chemistry exam
(c) That he cheated on the history exam
(d) That he murdered Cava

15. When Alberto goes to the dark, dirty bar to look for Skinny, Skinny defends Alberto against a drunk by telling him that Alberto is his what in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Cousin
(b) Brother
(c) Nephew
(d) Son

Short Answer Questions

1. What color uniforms does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 1 describe the students from La Salle wearing?

2. 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?

3. When meeting with the colonel, Alberto says he believes that General Temple is from where in Part Two, Chapter 6?

4. How long has it been since Alberto’s godfather has seen him when he arrives at his house in Part Two, Chapter 7?

5. When the other cadets return to the Fifth Year bunks in Part Two, Chapter 8, Alberto tells them that he got his injuries how?

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