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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are killed during the explosion of the milk cart?
(a) 19.
(b) 0.
(c) 1,499.
(d) 1,500.

2. What happens to the bands who sack the Presidential Palace?
(a) They are pardoned by the General at the request of Benedicion Alvarado.
(b) They are exiled to Spain.
(c) They are summarily executed.
(d) They are tortured in the San Jeronimo barracks.

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

4. Which omen caused the General to change the date of a public appearance?
(a) The General saw a backwards comet.
(b) All the birds in the palace died.
(c) Bendicion Alvarado found an egg with two yolks.
(d) A dog died on the steps of the palace.

5. Who was the only general to not consume alcohol?
(a) The General.
(b) Jacinto Algarabia.
(c) Saturno Santos.
(d) Narisco Lopez.

Short Answer Questions

1. What garment does the General wear in mourning?

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

3. How many officers obey the General's command?

4. How does the General kill the old woman?

5. Why does the General murder the old woman?

(see the answer key)

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