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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sends the telegram which is kept from the General's sights?
(a) The Supreme Pontiff.
(b) Manuela Sanchez.
(c) Benedicion Alvarado.
(d) Ambassador Palmerston.

2. What is placed in Bendicion Alvarado's hand?
(a) A fine oriole.
(b) A pink silk tulip.
(c) A pink live tulip.
(d) Her finest oriole painting.

3. What reason did Benedicion Alvarado give for her housing preference?
(a) She claimed the open air was better for her health.
(b) She preferred the proximity to her son.
(c) The big house made her feel like the Pope's wife.
(d) She preferred the elegance and extravagance of the grand room.

4. Where does the General kidnap Leticia from?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Rome.
(c) The Nation.
(d) Puerto Rico.

5. Where does the General sit as the comet passes over?
(a) On the stairs of Manuela's house.
(b) Across from Manuela.
(c) Between Manuela and her mother.
(d) At the foot of Manuela's bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Patricio Aragnoes drink in order to forget how to read and write?

2. Which of the General's body parts seems out of proportion to the narrator?

3. What is the ironic thing about the hurricane?

4. What does the narrator use to restore the look of life to the corpse?

5. In his old age, the General is compared to which animals?

(see the answer key)

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