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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Benedicion Alvarado screamed in horror because the walls perpetually oozed which of the following after the banquet?
(a) Blood.
(b) Urine.
(c) A strange black substance.
(d) Tears.

2. According to rumor, what determined the General's lifespan?
(a) The cycles of the comet.
(b) The phases of the moon.
(c) Human time.
(d) The tides of the sea.

3. What does the first bulletin released after the General's death declare?
(a) A security threat has caused the General to remain under close supervision.
(b) A slight indisposition has obliged him to cancel appearances.
(c) The General has requested personal time away from the people.
(d) A serious illness has compromised the General.

4. What prompts the General's marriage to Leticia?
(a) Leticia demands marriage before sex.
(b) Bendicion Alvarado discovers an egg with two yolks.
(c) Manuela dies, leaving the General with only one option.
(d) Leticia becomes pregnant with Emanuel.

5. Which animal part are the General's hands compared to?
(a) A cow's innards.
(b) A toad's belly.
(c) A lizard's tongue.
(d) A shark's fin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Not even which of the following could restore a look of authority to the General's corpse?

2. When does the comet pass by Manuela Sanchez's house?

3. Under which code of "law" does Leticia operate?

4. What does the Easter edict proclaim?

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

(see the answer key)

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