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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which part of the General's corpse didn't the vultures peck?
(a) His herniated testicle.
(b) His soft hands.
(c) His mythic feet.
(d) His eyes.

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

4. From what are the lepers under the rose bushes dying?
(a) Despair.
(b) Old age.
(c) Disease.
(d) Poison.

5. What prompts the General to have all of Leticia's food inspected?
(a) A bad omen.
(b) A threatening note.
(c) A fish bone in her bread.
(d) Leticia's sudden vomiting spell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the Red Cross shipments?

3. What happened to the cause of Bendicion Alvarado?

4. Convinced of his mother's holiness, the General writes to which city to begin the canonization process?

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

(see the answer key)

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