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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Patricio Aragones die?
(a) He drowns in a bathtub.
(b) He is wounded by a poisoned dart.
(c) He is stabbed by a guard.
(d) His carriage is destroyed by dynamite.

2. According to Aragones, who put the General in power?
(a) Aragones.
(b) The English.
(c) The Gringoes.
(d) The Conservatives.

3. In which activity is General Rodrigo de Aguilar authorized to beat the General?
(a) Chess.
(b) Dominoes.
(c) Fencing.
(d) Shooting.

4. The remains of the General are found:
(a) In bed.
(b) Face up.
(c) In a chair.
(d) Face down.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a means of death met by the men who sacked the Presidential Palace?

2. How did the General sign decrees?

3. At what time did the General always begin the day?

4. What happens to the crocodiles after the sack of the palace?

5. What does the General discover on "that historic October Friday"?

(see the answer key)

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