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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the General learn to read?
(a) He learned how to read as a boy.
(b) The ability to read comes to him after a dream of Bendicion Alvarado.
(c) Leticia gives him lessons.
(d) He teaches himself from a primer he finds among Leticia's things.

2. What does the Easter edict proclaim?
(a) Political opinions are to be strictly regulated and censored unless they comply with the party line.
(b) All produce in the market is subject to confiscation by Leticia.
(c) All clergy are welcome within the nation.
(d) No one can be tried for a difference in opinion.

3. Where does death finally find the General?
(a) In the courtyard.
(b) His chambers.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) On the balcony.

4. What is the ironic thing about the hurricane?
(a) It comes when the General is expecting the comet's return.
(b) It is a stealthy disaster.
(c) It has a woman's name.
(d) It is not the cause of the destruction.

5. How does Leticia Nazareno respond when the General calls her name?
(a) She glares at the General.
(b) She hides behind another nun.
(c) She calls "Present" in a man's voice.
(d) She ignores the call until the second time she hears her name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra bill the General for?

2. What happened to the cause of Bendicion Alvarado?

3. How does Narisco Miraval die?

4. What act of state importance does Emanuel perform from his baby carriage?

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

(see the answer key)

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