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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the cause of Bendicion Alvarado?
(a) It was rejected because of her unchaste youth.
(b) It was suspended for insufficient proof.
(c) It was postponed because of the political significance of the results.
(d) It was suspended because of the General's interference.

2. Which group comes to investigate the disappearance of the children?
(a) The U.S. Marines.
(b) The United Nations.
(c) The League of Generals.
(d) The League of Nations.

3. Why does the General become angry with his aids?
(a) He learns they have hidden a group of two thousand children.
(b) His order to create a fair lottery has been disobeyed.
(c) He learns that they have made decisions of national importance without consulting him.
(d) He learns that they have executed all his illegitimate children.

4. Which type of animal destroyed the palace?
(a) Cows.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Dogs.

5. How does Bendicion Alvarado persuade the General to stay at her house a little longer?
(a) She begs and cries.
(b) She feigns a stroke.
(c) She kills and cooks a fresh hen.
(d) She prepares a calabash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which craft does Manuela Sanchez's mother make?

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

3. What reason did Benedicion Alvarado give for her housing preference?

4. Which omen caused the General to change the date of a public appearance?

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

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