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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Leticia and Emanuel die?
(a) They are attacked and eaten by dogs in the market.
(b) They are poisoned, despite the General's inspections.
(c) A milk cart explodes inside the palace.
(d) They are shot from a distance by a keen marksman.

2. What does the Easter edict proclaim?
(a) No one can be tried for a difference in opinion.
(b) All produce in the market is subject to confiscation by Leticia.
(c) Political opinions are to be strictly regulated and censored unless they comply with the party line.
(d) All clergy are welcome within the nation.

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

4. What does the second bulletin released after the General's death declare?
(a) The General has a family emergency and must sequester himself.
(b) The General has requested more time alone.
(c) The General has fallen to an ailment related to his increased years.
(d) The General has taken a religious vow of isolation for 30 days.

5. Why does the General murder the old woman?
(a) In order to silence his mother.
(b) Because she knew about the two thousand children.
(c) So that no one would know the circumstances of his death.
(d) Because she threatened to expose him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many maids did Bendicion Alvarado receive?

3. How many bars, bolts and locks does the General fasten before urinating on the portable latrine?

4. Whose husband does the General claim to have retrieved for her?

5. How does Bendicion Alvarado persuade the General to stay at her house a little longer?

(see the answer key)

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