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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the General disguise his inability to speak?
(a) Limited public appearances.
(b) A recorded message.
(c) His double.
(d) Ventriloquists.

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

3. How did the General sign decrees?
(a) His Initials.
(b) An X.
(c) Thumbprint.
(d) Seal.

4. How does the General kill the old woman?
(a) He poisons her food.
(b) He throws her to the man-eating dogs.
(c) He breaks her neck.
(d) He strangles her with a strap from his spur.

5. In which month was the Presidential Palace inaugurated?
(a) December.
(b) March.
(c) October.
(d) January.

6. The remains of the General are found:
(a) In a chair.
(b) Face down.
(c) In bed.
(d) Face up.

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

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

9. At what time did the General always begin the day?
(a) Before 5 a.m.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) After 11 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

10. After the deaths of the men who sacked the Palace, the General decides to do which of the following?
(a) Begin a reign of unprecedented terror.
(b) Execute any potential opposition.
(c) Demote Patricio Aragones.
(d) Stop torturing people.

11. What substance does the General give to Patricio Aragones as he lays dying?
(a) Potassium Chlorate.
(b) Magnesium Sulfate.
(c) Iodine.
(d) Anodyne.

12. Both as a tribute to his mother and as a joke, people begin to send the General which of the following gifts?
(a) Red birettas.
(b) Portraits of the General and his mother.
(c) Nun's habits.
(d) Cages of birds.

13. What reason does Ambassador Thompson give for the Marine occupation of the Nation?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) War crimes.
(d) Genocide.

14. Where do the lepers live?
(a) Among the rosebushes.
(b) In the palace.
(c) On the streets.
(d) In a special hospital.

15. How does Bendicion Alvarado persuade the General to stay at her house a little longer?
(a) She kills and cooks a fresh hen.
(b) She prepares a calabash.
(c) She feigns a stroke.
(d) She begs and cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the generals killed, according to the record?

2. What kind of birds did Benedicion Alvarado paint?

3. What happens to Poncio Daza?

4. How many officers obey the General's command?

5. The General paid the blind man 5 cents to do which of the following?

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