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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. Who does Lt. Gamboa call from the guardhouse when he goes there in the morning in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) His wife
(b) His mother
(c) His brother
(d) His sister
2. Teresa’s aunt says that Teresa is almost what age in Part One, Chapter 4?
(a) 20
(b) 18
(c) 21
(d) 16
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) Mancora
(b) Potao
(c) Talara
(d) Zana
4. What does Lt. Gamboa say he always does when he is Officer of the Guard to pass the time in Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) He daydreams
(b) He plays solitaire
(c) He studies
(d) He watches television
5. According to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2, “this Saturday was an exception. The field exercises had been canceled because the Fifth was scheduled to take” what exam?
(a) The history exam
(b) The Latin exam
(c) The calculus exam
(d) The chemistry exam
Short Answer Questions
1. Skinny tells Alberto in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3 that the narrator has a nephew who must be about what age by now?
2. What is Alberto’s last name in the novel?
3. How much money does the narrator borrow from Skinny in Part One, Chapter 7?
4. Where do the buglers play their morning alarm on Saturdays, according to the narrator in Part One, Chapter 2?
5. During the fight at the movie theater, who does the narrator of Part One, Chapter 3 say hit him “so hard in the belly I couldn’t breathe”?
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. How is the character of Arrospide described? What is his role in the narrative?
3. How does the Jaguar respond to the news of Cava’s punishment in Part One, Chapter 7? Why?
4. How is the character of Vallano described in the narrative? What is his nickname within the group?
5. How is the character of Flaco Higueras described? What is his role in the novel?
6. How does the character of Lt. Huarina compare with the other officers in the novel?
7. How does the Boa relate to the theme of racism in The Time of the Hero?
8. What leads the Slave to his decision in Part One, Chapter 5? What decision does he reach?
9. How has the Slave’s death been foreshadowed in Part One?
10. What is the task that Cava is enlisted to perform in Part One, Chapter 1?
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