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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many lacquered bibles are there?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. 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.

3. After both bulletins, how is the General's death finally announced?
(a) A public mourning, after which the next President is inaugurated.
(b) A public celebration.
(c) A public announcement declaring the General dead.
(d) Cathedral bells toll.

4. Convinced of his mother's holiness, the General writes to which city to begin the canonization process?
(a) Chile.
(b) Patagonia.
(c) Bogota.
(d) Rome.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambassador Wilson bring to the General to console him?

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

3. How does Leticia Nazareno respond when the General calls her name?

4. Which character's death is described as a marker of the end of creation?

5. What kind of birds did Benedicion Alvarado paint?

(see the answer key)

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