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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character is described in Part One, Chapter 2 as “an excellent soccer player and his kick had tremendous force”?
(a) Pezoa
(b) Morte
(c) Urioste
(d) Revilla

2. 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) 3 minutes
(b) 20 minutes
(c) 10 minutes
(d) 15 minutes

3. For how many years does the narrator say his father served the government in Part One, Chapter 3?
(a) 45
(b) 10
(c) 20
(d) 30

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

5. In what country is The Time of the Hero set?
(a) Peru
(b) Mexico
(c) Brazil
(d) Argentina

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes a fight breaking out at the movie theater because what character refused to get rid of the bricks he was sitting on in Part One, Chapter 3?

2. What does Alberto drink a shot of with Skinny at the bar in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3?

3. What day of the week is it when Alberto returns home from the Academy in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 4?

4. Who does Lt. Gamboa call from the guardhouse when he goes there in the morning in Part One, Chapter 8?

5. How long ago does the narrator say Cava came to Lima to finish school in Part One, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Alberto described in Part One, Chapter 1? What is Alberto’s nickname within the Circle?

2. What contribution does Vallano make to the culture of the Fifth Years in Part One, Chapter 6?

3. How is “manhood” defined in the world of the novel? How does this definition relate to the teachings at the Academy?

4. How would you describe the linear/nonlinear style of the narrative in The Time of the Hero?

5. What leads the Slave to his decision in Part One, Chapter 5? What decision does he reach?

6. How is the character of Cava described by the narrator in Part 1, Chapter 1?

7. What is the Poet’s objective in relation to the Slave in Part One of the novel?

8. How has the Slave’s death been foreshadowed in Part One?

9. What are two depictions of women and female sexuality illustrated in The Time of the Hero?

10. To whom does the Slave go to speak in Part One, Chapter 6? Why?

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