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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the motto of the national baseball team?
(a) First Under the General.
(b) Survival of the Fittest.
(c) All for One.
(d) Victory or Death.

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

3. What type of contest does the General institute?
(a) A beauty contest.
(b) A shooting contest.
(c) A spelling bee.
(d) A national speech contest.

4. At what time did the General always begin the day?
(a) 1 p.m.
(b) After 11 a.m.
(c) Before 5 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

5. Both as a tribute to his mother and as a joke, people begin to send the General which of the following gifts?
(a) Portraits of the General and his mother.
(b) Nun's habits.
(c) Red birettas.
(d) Cages of birds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Aragones, who put the General in power?

3. Why does the General become uneasy after the palace is sacked?

4. What substance does the General give to Patricio Aragones as he lays dying?

5. What reason did Patricio Aragones give for his claim that he and the General would meet death at a tie?

(see the answer key)

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