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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) The American navy.
(b) Patricio Aragones's navy.
(c) Three caravels.
(d) The English.

2. Why does the General become uneasy after the palace is sacked?
(a) Patricio Aragones' words.
(b) The brazen act of defilement.
(c) The message written in blood on the palace walls.
(d) The ease with which the people celebrate both his life and his death.

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Both as a tribute to his mother and as a joke, people begin to send the General which of the following gifts?

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

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

4. In which month was the Presidential Palace inaugurated?

5. Which of the following objects was NOT among the items bearing the General's face?

(see the answer key)

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