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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of the General's corpse didn't the vultures peck?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His soft hands.
(c) His herniated testicle.
(d) His mythic feet.

2. How is the lottery rigged so that the General always wins?
(a) The people are too afraid to enter the lottery.
(b) The winning balls are weighted.
(c) Two thousand children control the pickings.
(d) There are no other entrants.

3. Which of the following is not a means of death met by the men who sacked the Presidential Palace?
(a) A man is burned alive.
(b) A man is thrown in the moat.
(c) A man is fed to crocodiles.
(d) A man is flayed alive.

4. How much do Aguilar and Norton pay the false leper to assassinate the General?
(a) Nothing.
(b) 25,000 pesos.
(c) 50,000 pesos, cut in half.
(d) 50,000 pesos.

5. When the nuncio refuses to canonize Bendicion, what does the General do?
(a) He slaps the nuncio, declares him a charlatan.
(b) He orders him executed on the spot.
(c) He orders him set adrift for three days, then released into the path of cruiselines.
(d) He cries in disbelief.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the General kill the old woman?

2. What reason does Ambassador Thompson give for the Marine occupation of the Nation?

3. What does the General think is the underlying cause of rebellion?

4. How many assassination attempts did Patricio Aragones survive before he was hired by the General?

5. What is Bendicion Alvarado's coffin filled with, to keep her body from rotting?

(see the answer key)

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