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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the last diplomat to produce credentials in the Nation?
(a) Ambassador Palmerston.
(b) Ambassador Smith.
(c) The General.
(d) Patricio Aragones.

2. To whom did the General give a sewing machine?
(a) Jacinta Morales.
(b) Leticia Nazareno.
(c) Matilde Peralta.
(d) Lorenza Lopez.

3. What is Bendicion Alvarado's coffin filled with, to keep her body from rotting?
(a) Alcohol and ice.
(b) Roses and cedar chips.
(c) Ice and saw dust.
(d) Formaldehyde and ice.

4. What does Ambassador Wilson bring to the General to console him?
(a) Candy from Baltimore and gentleman's magazines.
(b) Specialty steaks and fine wines.
(c) Dutch prostitutes.
(d) A portrait of Leticia and Emanuel.

5. How is the presidential limo disguised?
(a) As a regular limo.
(b) As a taxi.
(c) As a milk cart.
(d) As a military vehicle.

Short Answer Questions

1. The General agonizes over a scrap of paper. What does it read?

2. In his old age, the General is compared to which animals?

3. What does the General see anchored at sea?

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

5. What color are the General's socks?

(see the answer key)

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