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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the General learn to read?
(a) He teaches himself from a primer he finds among Leticia's things.
(b) He learned how to read as a boy.
(c) Leticia gives him lessons.
(d) The ability to read comes to him after a dream of Bendicion Alvarado.

2. How did the General sign decrees?
(a) Seal.
(b) Thumbprint.
(c) An X.
(d) His Initials.

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

4. Why does the General murder the old woman?
(a) So that no one would know the circumstances of his death.
(b) Because she knew about the two thousand children.
(c) Because she threatened to expose him.
(d) In order to silence his mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which activity is General Rodrigo de Aguilar authorized to beat the General?

2. Which item in the palace gives proof to the legend that bullets would pass through the General's body without harming him?

3. What color are the General's socks?

4. To whom did the General give a sewing machine?

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

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