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

2. The young lieutenant who calls for Alberto in Part Two, Chapter 4 tells him to go to the office of his Year and report to whom?
(a) Lt. Pitaluga
(b) Capt. Garrido
(c) Lt. Huarina
(d) Lt. Gamboa

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

4. 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) Son
(b) Cousin
(c) Brother
(d) Nephew

5. 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) Revilla
(c) Cava
(d) Curly

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alberto ask to see at the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?

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

3. What does the cop whip Alberto with after Alberto’s fight on the beach in Part Two, Chapter 5?

4. What is the name of the dog that the narrator describes howling all night in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 1?

5. Where has Lt. Gamboa been transferred to in the Epilogue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are revealed to be the Jaguar’s objectives in Part Two of the novel? Why are his objectives not met?

2. How does the theme of secrecy relate to the character of Skinny Higueras?

3. Why does the colonel meet with the officers in Part Two, Chapter 2? What decision is reached?

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

5. How does the meeting between the Colonel and the Poet end in Part Two, Chapter 6?

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

7. How is the Slave injured in the novel? What is the status of his injuries in the opening of Part Two?

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

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

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

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