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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra spend his money on?
(a) His fussy wife.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Fine foods.
(d) The clothing of a prince.

2. How many officers obey the General's command?
(a) 1.
(b) None.
(c) All.
(d) 19.

3. What does the General do after his mother dies?
(a) He calls on the local priest to give her last rites.
(b) He sleeps face-down next to her body.
(c) He attempts to revive her for hours.
(d) He weeps for 13 days.

4. Where does the General sit as the comet passes over?
(a) Across from Manuela.
(b) On the stairs of Manuela's house.
(c) Between Manuela and her mother.
(d) At the foot of Manuela's bed.

5. How many lacquered bibles are there?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Bendicion Alvarado's miracles is most astonishing?

2. Where do the wild parrots learn the song mocking the General?

3. When Bendicion Alvarado's body is returned to the General, what has changed?

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

5. From what are the lepers under the rose bushes dying?

(see the answer key)

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