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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The General paid the blind man 5 cents to do which of the following?
(a) Sing ballads from 12th century Spain.
(b) Recite the poems of Ruben Dario.
(c) Replace all the insignia with pictures of the General.
(d) Lose at chess.

2. Which item in the palace gives proof to the legend that bullets would pass through the General's body without harming him?
(a) A bullet proof vest.
(b) A perforated chair.
(c) A blood-stained shirt.
(d) A perforated uniform.

3. The General agonizes over a scrap of paper. What does it read?
(a) God damns sinners.
(b) God save the Maginificent.
(c) The General is dead.
(d) My name is Zacarias.

4. Which of Bendicion Alvarado's miracles is most astonishing?
(a) Her presence calms the sea.
(b) She cures the crippled.
(c) She causes flowers to bloom on salt flats.
(d) Her body appears to be alive after her death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the crocodiles after the sack of the palace?

2. Which omen caused the General to change the date of a public appearance?

3. Whose husband does the General claim to have retrieved for her?

4. What happens when Leticia touches fresh market goods?

5. Which animal part are the General's hands compared to?

(see the answer key)

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