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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra bill the General for?
(a) His services as a gardener.
(b) Delivering produce.
(c) His protection.
(d) His services as an assassin.

2. What name does Bendicion receive after the General sets up a cult in her honor?
(a) Saint Mother Bendicion Alvarado.
(b) Saint Bendicion Alvarado of the Birds.
(c) Saint Bendicion Alvarado.
(d) Saint Bendicion Alvarado, Mother of the Nation.

3. When does the first cow invade the palace?
(a) Right before the General's death.
(b) Right after the General's death.
(c) An October afternoon.
(d) The narrator doesn't tell us.

4. What reason did Patricio Aragones give for his claim that he and the General would meet death at a tie?
(a) The face of each man is one side of a coin.
(b) They are equals in dominoes.
(c) Their faces are on boths sides of both coins.
(d) He could not best the General in dominoes.

5. What does the papal nuncio say about the linen shroud?
(a) It is miraculous, but not proof of sainthood.
(b) It is proof of God's divinity only.
(c) It is a fake, produced by a painter.
(d) It is proof of a miracle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had the General's government dealt with petty criminals?

2. What happened to the cause of Bendicion Alvarado?

3. What does the second bulletin released after the General's death declare?

4. What happens when the General refuses to allow U.S. troops into the nation?

5. To whom does the General pray in his last moments?

(see the answer key)

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