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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the General sit as the comet passes over?
(a) Across from Manuela.
(b) On the stairs of Manuela's house.
(c) At the foot of Manuela's bed.
(d) Between Manuela and her mother.

2. Which item in the palace gives proof to the legend that bullets would pass through the General's body without harming him?
(a) A bullet proof vest.
(b) A perforated chair.
(c) A blood-stained shirt.
(d) A perforated uniform.

3. How much do Aguilar and Norton pay the false leper to assassinate the General?
(a) Nothing.
(b) 50,000 pesos.
(c) 25,000 pesos.
(d) 50,000 pesos, cut in half.

4. Where do the wild parrots learn the song mocking the General?
(a) From mischievous lepers.
(b) From Manuela Sanchez.
(c) From domestic birds.
(d) From treacherous commanders.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the two thousand children transported from the palace?

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

3. Benedicion Alvarado screamed in horror because the walls perpetually oozed which of the following after the banquet?

4. At what time does Major General Rodrigo de Aguilar arrive at the banquet?

5. Where do the lepers live?

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