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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the General think is the underlying cause of rebellion?
(a) The people dislike his policies.
(b) The people think him ridiculous.
(c) The people object to his cruelty.
(d) The people have too much time to think.

2. At what age does Emanuel stand, champagne glass filled with juice in hand, and discuss matters of grown-up importance?
(a) 1.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 14.

3. What happens to the clergy of the Catholic Church?
(a) They are pardoned and offered an opportunity to convert to the cult of his mother.
(b) They are executed.
(c) They are flayed alive.
(d) The General orders them to march naked onto a raft.

4. Which of the General's body parts seems out of proportion to the narrator?
(a) His ears.
(b) His sunken eyes.
(c) His feet.
(d) His hands.

5. Not even which of the following could restore a look of authority to the General's corpse?
(a) His uniform.
(b) His spurs.
(c) The glass eyes.
(d) His ring.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the General do after his mother dies?

3. When the General looks at other nations, what pattern does he notice?

4. What prompts the General's marriage to Leticia?

5. At what time did the General always begin the day?

(see the answer key)

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