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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the signs in the main square read as they celebrate both the General's believed death and his discovered health?
(a) We Shall be Redeemed!
(b) Long Live The General!
(c) God Damns Sinners!
(d) God Save the Magnificent!

3. In a sack of what seems like coconuts, what does Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra deliver to the General?
(a) A load of rocks.
(b) The heads of suspected enemies.
(c) The heads of the General's remaining family.
(d) The heads of the General's allies.

4. The General agonizes over a scrap of paper. What does it read?
(a) My name is Zacarias.
(b) God damns sinners.
(c) God save the Maginificent.
(d) The General is dead.

5. Where do the soap operas the General and Leticia watch come from?
(a) Santiago, Chile.
(b) Santiago de Cuba.
(c) The nation.
(d) Puerto Rico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lost an arm defusing a bomb intended for the General?

2. How much do Aguilar and Norton pay the false leper to assassinate the General?

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

4. How much taffeta did Leticia steal?

5. Where do the armed forces maintain order during the investigation of Bendicion's life?

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