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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 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. Huarina
(d) Lt. Gamboa

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

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

4. 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?
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 8
(d) 3

5. 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?
(a) Lt. Gamboa
(b) Lt. Ferrero
(c) Capt. Garrido
(d) Lt. Pezoa

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Jaguar admit in his note to Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel?

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

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

4. What is the name of the friend of Skinny’s that meets Skinny and Alberto to perform a robbery in Part Two, Chapter 3?

5. As the Boa contemplates his future after leaving the Academy in Part Two, Chapter 3, he considers that he might take who with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Jaguar respond when Alberto attempts to make peace with him in Part Two, Chapter 8?

2. What is the outcome for Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel? Where is he going?

3. Who is the narrator in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 2? What does this narrator describe?

4. What does the Colonel use in order to blackmail the Poet in Part Two, Chapter 6?

5. Who is the narrator in the opening of Part Two, Chapter 3? What does this character describe?

6. How does Lt. Gamboa respond to the Jaguar’s confession in the Epilogue of the novel?

7. What vow does the Jaguar make in Part Two, Chapter 4? Who witnesses this vow?

8. What does the character of the Boa represent symbolically in The Time of the Hero?

9. How does Alberto effectively get out of school early in Part Two, Chapter 1? On what days does he leave the campus?

10. Where is Alberto sent after meeting with the Colonel in Part Two? Who does he encounter here?

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