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

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

3. 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

4. How many cadets does the captain at the Fifth Year barracks say are currently confined in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 60
(b) 20
(c) 40
(d) 30

5. What is revealed in Lt. Gamboa’s telegram in the Epilogue of the novel?
(a) His daughter was born two hours ago
(b) His wife has given birth to identical twins
(c) His son was born two hours ago
(d) His wife has died in labor

6. What animals does Lt. Gamboa say he’ll be seeing plenty of in his new assignment in the Epilogue?
(a) Turtles
(b) Rabbits
(c) Vicuñas
(d) Llamas

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

8. Lt. Gamboa receives a letter from his wife in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 6. In it, she says that who and her husband were waiting for her at the airport?
(a) Ana
(b) Cristina
(c) Maria
(d) Rosa

9. Where does Alberto say Skinny Higueras always waited for him when Alberto slipped out of school in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Francisco Pizarro Avenue
(b) Arica Avenue
(c) In Moquegua
(d) In the Bellavista Plaza

10. What cadet does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 describe as having been seen in town in a “big red car and he was wearing a fancy yellow shirt”?
(a) Vallano
(b) Valdivieso
(c) Arrospide
(d) Ricardo

11. Who does the Colonel put in charge of transportation for the cadet’s funeral in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Lt. Fernandez
(b) Lt. Pitaluga
(c) Lt. Gamboa
(d) Lt. Huarina

12. What does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 3 say they’ve changed the dog’s name to that lives at the Academy?
(a) Stumpy
(b) Gimpy
(c) Stimpy
(d) Grumpy

13. What is the name of the friend of Skinny’s that meets Skinny and Alberto to perform a robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Revilla
(b) Paulino
(c) Jitters
(d) Cava

14. How long has it been since Alberto’s godfather has seen him when he arrives at his house in Part Two, Chapter 7?
(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 5 years

15. How much money does the narrator of Part Two, Chapter 2 say his godfather gave him every year for his birthday?
(a) 5 soles
(b) 10 soles
(c) 1 sol
(d) 20 soles

Short Answer Questions

1. The captain tells Lt. Gamboa in Part Two, Chapter 7, “A clean conscience might help you get into heaven, but it won’t help” what?

2. How many years have passed since Lt. Gamboa was a cadet and went to the movies with Rosa every Sunday in Part Two, Chapter 8?

3. Whose funeral is being held in Part Two, Chapter 2?

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

5. One of the cadets says that Alberto is half what ethnicity in Part Two, Chapter 1?

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