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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Aragones, who put the General in power?
(a) Aragones.
(b) The English.
(c) The Gringoes.
(d) The Conservatives.

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 taken a religious vow of isolation for 30 days.
(d) The General has fallen to an ailment related to his increased years.

3. Who lost an arm defusing a bomb intended for the General?
(a) Poncio Daza.
(b) Bendicion Alvarado.
(c) Patricio Aragones.
(d) General Rodrigo de Aguilar.

4. Where do the wild parrots learn the song mocking the General?
(a) From Manuela Sanchez.
(b) From mischievous lepers.
(c) From treacherous commanders.
(d) From domestic birds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to rumor, what determined the General's lifespan?

2. Where did Benedicion Alvarado prefer to live?

3. What about the General's hands indicated he would be king?

4. The General agonizes over a scrap of paper. What does it read?

5. How did the General sign decrees?

(see the answer key)

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