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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the General's body parts seems out of proportion to the narrator?
(a) His sunken eyes.
(b) His ears.
(c) His hands.
(d) His feet.

2. After Leticia's funeral, what does the General do to the birds?
(a) He releases them at Benedicion's mansion.
(b) He stares at them, wondering where their voices have gone.
(c) He feeds them Cantorina with an eyedropper.
(d) He smothers them one by one.

3. What was the motto of the national baseball team?
(a) All for One.
(b) Victory or Death.
(c) Survival of the Fittest.
(d) First Under the General.

4. 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 uniform.
(c) A perforated chair.
(d) A blood-stained shirt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What substance does the General give to Patricio Aragones as he lays dying?

2. How many rooms does Benedicion Alvarado's mansion have?

3. What reason does Ambassador Thompson give for the Marine occupation of the Nation?

4. Bendicion's funeral crown is made from which of the following flowers?

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

(see the answer key)

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