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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the General see anchored at sea?
(a) Patricio Aragones's navy.
(b) The English.
(c) Three caravels.
(d) The American navy.

2. What happens to the crocodiles after the sack of the palace?
(a) They are released into the wild.
(b) They are made the national reptile.
(c) They are honored as the General's personal guards.
(d) They are killed.

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

4. In which month was the Presidential Palace inaugurated?
(a) October.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) December.

5. What substance does the General give to Patricio Aragones as he lays dying?
(a) Iodine.
(b) Anodyne.
(c) Potassium Chlorate.
(d) Magnesium Sulfate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the deaths of the men who sacked the Palace, the General decides to do which of the following?

3. The General paid the blind man 5 cents to do which of the following?

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

5. Which part of the General's corpse didn't the vultures peck?

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