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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something General Rodrigo de Aguilar has in common with Ambassador Norton?
(a) A weapons smuggling enterprise.
(b) Dutch prostitutes.
(c) A predilection for Puerto Rican rum.
(d) Fencing.

2. What kind of birds did Benedicion Alvarado paint?
(a) Orioles.
(b) Flamingos.
(c) Cockatiels.
(d) Peacocks.

3. 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.

4. What adorns the General's chest, as his body lies on the banquet table?
(a) False medals, earned in chocolate wars invented by his toadies.
(b) A single rose.
(c) Full military regalia.
(d) A pink tulip.

5. How does the General kill the old woman?
(a) He breaks her neck.
(b) He strangles her with a strap from his spur.
(c) He throws her to the man-eating dogs.
(d) He poisons her food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as a result of the Vatican's decision in the cause of Bendicion Alvarado?

2. In a sack of what seems like coconuts, what does Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra deliver to the General?

3. What does the General do in honor of Leticia and the boy?

4. How many assassination attempts did Patricio Aragones survive before he was hired by the General?

5. When does the General renovate the dogfight district?

(see the answer key)

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