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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group comes to investigate the disappearance of the children?
(a) The League of Nations.
(b) The League of Generals.
(c) The United Nations.
(d) The U.S. Marines.

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

3. When was the last time the General was seen in public?
(a) Before the comet.
(b) Before the hurricane.
(c) Before the banquet.
(d) Before Leticia Nazareno's death.

4. How does the General react to the rebellion at San Jeronimo?
(a) He goes to the barracks unarmed.
(b) He runs away in fear.
(c) He downs a bottle of rum and cries.
(d) He negotiates with the dissenters.

5. How long will it be until the next comet passes?
(a) A lifetime.
(b) 150 years.
(c) 75 years.
(d) 100 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Both as a tribute to his mother and as a joke, people begin to send the General which of the following gifts?

2. Who does the General refer to as his Queen?

3. In which month was the Presidential Palace inaugurated?

4. What about the General's hands indicated he would be king?

5. The General paid a man 200 pesos to do which of the following during his mother's procession?

(see the answer key)

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