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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose husband does the General claim to have retrieved for her?
(a) Leticia Nazareno.
(b) Bendicion Alvarado.
(c) Matilde Peralta.
(d) Manuela Sanchez.

2. Which item in the palace gives proof to the legend that bullets would pass through the General's body without harming him?
(a) A bullet proof vest.
(b) A blood-stained shirt.
(c) A perforated chair.
(d) A perforated uniform.

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

4. What did the General's escort--the Guajiro Indian--carry with him in the early days of the General's reign?
(a) A man-eating dog.
(b) A cane-cutting machete.
(c) A bottle of rum.
(d) A .32 caliber.

5. What does the General see anchored at sea?
(a) Patricio Aragones's navy.
(b) The American navy.
(c) Three caravels.
(d) The English.

6. At what time does Major General Rodrigo de Aguilar arrive at the banquet?
(a) 11:50.
(b) 12:00.
(c) 11:55.
(d) 12:05.

7. When does the General renovate the dogfight district?
(a) Under the cover of night.
(b) In broad daylight.
(c) During the winter.
(d) 1 hour each day in the afternoon.

8. 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) Stop torturing people.
(c) Execute any potential opposition.
(d) Demote Patricio Aragones.

9. Which craft does Manuela Sanchez's mother make?
(a) Lace.
(b) Knit garments.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Painted screens.

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

11. Which of the following objects was NOT among the items bearing the General's face?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Condoms.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Coins.

12. Patricio Aragones proclaimed the General president of _________.
(a) The Caribbean.
(b) The Nation.
(c) The world.
(d) Nobody.

13. Why does the General murder the old woman?
(a) Because she knew about the two thousand children.
(b) In order to silence his mother.
(c) Because she threatened to expose him.
(d) So that no one would know the circumstances of his death.

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

15. Why does the General become uneasy after the palace is sacked?
(a) The message written in blood on the palace walls.
(b) The brazen act of defilement.
(c) The ease with which the people celebrate both his life and his death.
(d) Patricio Aragones' words.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did the General give a sewing machine?

2. What happens to the bands who sack the Presidential Palace?

3. What substance does the General give to Patricio Aragones as he lays dying?

4. How old was the General when he died?

5. Where do the wild parrots learn the song mocking the General?

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