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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which man has the gall to win at dominoes against the General without permission?
(a) Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra.
(b) Emanuel.
(c) General Rodrigo de Aguilar.
(d) Leticia Nazareno's ghost.

2. How are the two thousand children transported from the palace?
(a) In boxcars late at night.
(b) In milk carts, disguised as peasants.
(c) In the presidential limo, four-by-four.
(d) In a barge.

3. What does the narrator use to scrape away the layers disfiguring the General's body?
(a) Fish scalers.
(b) A flint edge.
(c) A knife blade.
(d) Pumice stone.

4. When does the General renovate the dogfight district?
(a) During the winter.
(b) Under the cover of night.
(c) In broad daylight.
(d) 1 hour each day in the afternoon.

5. What does Ambassador Wilson bring to the General to console him?
(a) A portrait of Leticia and Emanuel.
(b) Dutch prostitutes.
(c) Specialty steaks and fine wines.
(d) Candy from Baltimore and gentleman's magazines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Poncio Daza?

2. Which group comes to investigate the disappearance of the children?

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

4. What does the General flavor his water with?

5. How is the lottery rigged so that the General always wins?

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