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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Benedicion Alvarado prefer to live?
(a) In the grand room.
(b) In the city.
(c) In the servants' quarters.
(d) On the outdoor patio.

2. How does Patricio Aragones die?
(a) He drowns in a bathtub.
(b) He is stabbed by a guard.
(c) His carriage is destroyed by dynamite.
(d) He is wounded by a poisoned dart.

3. Which of the following is not a means of death met by the men who sacked the Presidential Palace?
(a) A man is fed to crocodiles.
(b) A man is flayed alive.
(c) A man is thrown in the moat.
(d) A man is burned alive.

4. What does the General bring to Manuela Sanchez?
(a) Gadgets.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Flowers.

5. How many bars, bolts and locks does the General fasten before urinating on the portable latrine?
(a) 1 bar, 2 bolts, 3 locks.
(b) 4 of each.
(c) 2 bars, 2 bolts, 4 locks.
(d) 3 of each.

6. When the General looks at other nations, what pattern does he notice?
(a) The rise of strong-man governments.
(b) Stagnation.
(c) The decay of colonial government.
(d) Change, revolution and revival.

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

8. What does Patricio Aragnoes drink in order to forget how to read and write?
(a) Rum.
(b) Poison.
(c) Turpentine.
(d) Iodine.

9. How many officers obey the General's command?
(a) All.
(b) None.
(c) 1.
(d) 19.

10. Benedicion Alvarado screamed in horror because the walls perpetually oozed which of the following after the banquet?
(a) Urine.
(b) Tears.
(c) A strange black substance.
(d) Blood.

11. How does Narisco Miraval die?
(a) Poisoned rum.
(b) Public execution.
(c) Dog attack.
(d) A bullet in the ear.

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

13. Who sends the telegram which is kept from the General's sights?
(a) Manuela Sanchez.
(b) The Supreme Pontiff.
(c) Ambassador Palmerston.
(d) Benedicion Alvarado.

14. How many rooms does Benedicion Alvarado's mansion have?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 22.
(d) 47.

15. How does Aguilar arrive at the banquet?
(a) In full military regalia.
(b) Alone.
(c) As the main course.
(d) With an escort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the General's escort--the Guajiro Indian--carry with him in the early days of the General's reign?

2. How does the General disguise his inability to speak?

3. After the deaths of the men who sacked the Palace, the General decides to do which of the following?

4. Who is "petrified" to see the changes to the dogfight district?

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

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