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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 does Tere give to the narrator in Part Two, Chapter 2 for his birthday?
(a) A book
(b) A pair of new shoes
(c) A sleeveless sweater
(d) A wool jacket

2. Skinny tells Alberto about one time when Alberto’s brother was caught breaking into a house where in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Chiclayo
(b) Chimbote
(c) Trujillo
(d) La Perla

3. Alberto says that each time he goes with Skinny to rob houses, he earns about how much in Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) 5 soles
(b) 15 soles
(c) 20 soles
(d) 10 soles

4. To whom does the Jaguar say in the barracks in Part Two, Chapter 8, “Yes, you’re a gentleman. Of course you are. Everybody from Miraflores is a gentleman”?
(a) Valdivieso
(b) Vallano
(c) Curly
(d) Arrospide

5. What is Valdivieso’s nickname in the Circle?
(a) The Boa
(b) The Slave
(c) The Poet
(d) The Jaguar

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cadets does the captain at the Fifth Year barracks say are currently confined in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 7?

2. 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?

3. Where does Alberto say Skinny Higueras always waited for him when Alberto slipped out of school in Part Two, Chapter 1?

4. The narrator of Part Two, Chapter 5 says that “they say” what women “are the most beautiful in the world”?

5. Who comes running into the barracks shouting at the cadets to be quiet and stop as they verbally assault the Jaguar in Part Two, Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the second narrator of Part Two, Chapter 1? What does this character relate in the chapter?

2. What does the character of Ricardo Arana represent symbolically in The Time of the Hero?

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

4. How has the death of the Slave affected the Poet and the Jaguar in Part Two, Chapter 5?

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

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

7. How would you describe the Boa’s relationship to the Jaguar in the novel?

8. What action does Lt. Gamboa take in following up on Alberto’s claims in Part Two, Chapter 5?

9. What is Alberto’s theory regarding the death of the Slave in Part Two, Chapter 4?

10. What epiphany does the Jaguar come to in Part Two, Chapter 8?

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