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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the lepers live?
(a) In the palace.
(b) On the streets.
(c) Among the rosebushes.
(d) In a special hospital.

2. What type of suit does the General use as a disguise?
(a) Farmer's clothing.
(b) A tweed officer's uniform.
(c) Military camoflage.
(d) An innocent linen suit

3. 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 burned alive.
(c) A man is flayed alive.
(d) A man is fed to crocodiles.

4. Who is "petrified" to see the changes to the dogfight district?
(a) The General.
(b) Manuela Sanchez's mother.
(c) Benedicion Alvarado.
(d) Manuela Sanchez.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the comet pass by Manuela Sanchez's house?

2. Whose husband does the General claim to have retrieved for her?

3. Which item in the palace gives proof to the legend that bullets would pass through the General's body without harming him?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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