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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the General's escort--the Guajiro Indian--carry with him in the early days of the General's reign?
(a) A .32 caliber.
(b) A bottle of rum.
(c) A man-eating dog.
(d) A cane-cutting machete.

2. What does the General bring to Manuela Sanchez?
(a) Gadgets.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Dogs.

3. Which of the General's body parts seems out of proportion to the narrator?
(a) His hands.
(b) His feet.
(c) His ears.
(d) His sunken eyes.

4. How are the two thousand children transported from the palace?
(a) In the presidential limo, four-by-four.
(b) In milk carts, disguised as peasants.
(c) In boxcars late at night.
(d) In a barge.

5. The General proclaimed Benedicion Alvarado which of the following?
(a) A saint.
(b) Matriarch of the land.
(c) A traitor.
(d) Queen mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the soap operas the General and Leticia watch come from?

2. Benedicion Alvarado screamed in horror because the walls perpetually oozed which of the following after the banquet?

3. What does the Easter edict proclaim?

4. What is the first ceremony performed after Emanuel's birth?

5. At what time does Major General Rodrigo de Aguilar arrive at the banquet?

(see the answer key)

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