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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose funeral is being held in Part Two, Chapter 2?
2. Alberto says that each time he goes with Skinny to rob houses, he earns about how much in Part Two, Chapter 4?
3. What animals does Lt. Gamboa say he’ll be seeing plenty of in his new assignment in the Epilogue?
4. Ricardo’s father tells Alberto that they’ve operated on his son how many times when they meet in the halls of the infirmary in Part Two, Chapter 1?
5. 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?
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. Who is the narrator in the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 1? What does this narrator describe?
3. What is Alberto’s theory regarding the death of the Slave in Part Two, Chapter 4?
4. What is the outcome for Lt. Gamboa in the Epilogue of the novel? Where is he going?
5. What confession does Alberto make in Part Two, Chapter 3? To whom does he make this confession?
6. What causes the Poet to begin to doubt himself and his allegations in Part Two?
7. How is the Slave injured in the novel? What is the status of his injuries in the opening of Part Two?
8. What does the character of Ricardo Arana represent symbolically in The Time of the Hero?
9. What does the character of the Boa represent symbolically in The Time of the Hero?
10. Why does the colonel meet with the officers in Part Two, Chapter 2? What decision is reached?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define “narrative point of view,” and discuss the narrative style of the novel. How many different narrative perspectives are employed by the author? Why does the author choose to employ different narrative perspectives? Who are the various narrators?
Essay Topic 2
Friendship in The Time of the Hero
a. How is friendship defined for the characters in the story? What relationship does friendship have to the concepts of rank and duty?
b. What characters embody the theme of friendship the most in the novel? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the character of Porfirio Cava in the novel. What are Cava’s relationships like among the Fifth Year cadets? How does Cava feel about his duty to steal the exams in Part One? What is the outcome for Cava in the narrative?
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