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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Leticia Nazareno respond when the General calls her name?
(a) She calls "Present" in a man's voice.
(b) She ignores the call until the second time she hears her name.
(c) She hides behind another nun.
(d) She glares at the General.

2. What happens when Leticia touches fresh market goods?
(a) They multiply prolifically.
(b) They wither or mold.
(c) They increase in size.
(d) They become State property.

3. How does the General learn to read?
(a) The ability to read comes to him after a dream of Bendicion Alvarado.
(b) He teaches himself from a primer he finds among Leticia's things.
(c) Leticia gives him lessons.
(d) He learned how to read as a boy.

4. What is placed in Bendicion Alvarado's hand?
(a) A pink live tulip.
(b) Her finest oriole painting.
(c) A fine oriole.
(d) A pink silk tulip.

5. When he sees the cow, what does the General immediately remember?
(a) The way his son resembled a calf fetus at birth.
(b) The cows that appeared on the lawn on the day of the invasion.
(c) The assassination attempt involving the milk cart.
(d) Cow is spelled with a C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Emanuel resemble when he is born?

2. How does the town react to the news of the General's death?

3. How much taffeta did Leticia steal?

4. Where does the General kidnap Leticia from?

5. What is Demetrius Aldous's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the General defeat Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra's attempted coup?

2. What does Monsignor Demetrius Aldous discover about Bendicion Alvarado?

3. How is Bendicion Alvarado mourned?

4. How does Leticia force the General to marry her?

5. Describe the first assassination attempt against the General's wife and son.

6. What happens to Monsignor Demetrius Aldous as he concludes his investigation of the General's mother?

7. How does Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra attempt to undermine the General?

8. Explain how the Caribbean Sea becomes U.S. property.

9. Describe the occurrence the General believes to be a miracle.

10. At the end of his life, how does the General feel about power?

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