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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which part of the General's corpse didn't the vultures peck?
(a) His herniated testicle.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His soft hands.
(d) His mythic feet.

3. Which of the following is not a means of death met by the men who sacked the Presidential Palace?
(a) A man is flayed alive.
(b) A man is burned alive.
(c) A man is fed to crocodiles.
(d) A man is thrown in the moat.

4. What does the General see anchored at sea?
(a) Patricio Aragones's navy.
(b) The English.
(c) The American navy.
(d) Three caravels.

5. What type of contest does the General institute?
(a) A national speech contest.
(b) A beauty contest.
(c) A spelling bee.
(d) A shooting contest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lost an arm defusing a bomb intended for the General?

2. What happens to the bands who sack the Presidential Palace?

3. What does the General discover on "that historic October Friday"?

4. Why does the General become uneasy after the palace is sacked?

5. Which type of animal destroyed the palace?

(see the answer key)

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