2. What does the General discover on "that historic October Friday"?
(a) Everyone is wearing red berettas.
(b) Everyone is celebrating his death.
(c) Everyone is waving red flags.
(d) Everyone is mourning his death.

3. Where do the wild parrots learn the song mocking the General?
(a) From Manuela Sanchez.
(b) From treacherous commanders.
(c) From domestic birds.
(d) From mischievous lepers.

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

5. Why does the General become angry with his aids?
(a) He learns that they have made decisions of national importance without consulting him.
(b) His order to create a fair lottery has been disobeyed.
(c) He learns that they have executed all his illegitimate children.
(d) He learns they have hidden a group of two thousand children.

6. Who does the General refer to as his Queen?
(a) Lidice Santiago.
(b) Bendicion Alvarado.
(c) Manuela Sanchez.
(d) Leticia Nazareno.

7. How many people are killed during the explosion of the milk cart?
(a) 19.
(b) 1,499.
(c) 0.
(d) 1,500.

8. Who was the last diplomat to produce credentials in the Nation?
(a) The General.
(b) Ambassador Palmerston.
(c) Patricio Aragones.
(d) Ambassador Smith.

9. According to rumor, what determined the General's lifespan?
(a) The phases of the moon.
(b) The cycles of the comet.
(c) The tides of the sea.
(d) Human time.

10. How is the lottery rigged so that the General always wins?
(a) The people are too afraid to enter the lottery.
(b) Two thousand children control the pickings.
(c) There are no other entrants.
(d) The winning balls are weighted.

11. What happens to the crocodiles after the sack of the palace?
(a) They are killed.
(b) They are honored as the General's personal guards.
(c) They are made the national reptile.
(d) They are released into the wild.

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

13. In which activity is General Rodrigo de Aguilar authorized to beat the General?
(a) Dominoes.
(b) Shooting.
(c) Fencing.
(d) Chess.

14. What does the General think is the underlying cause of rebellion?
(a) The people dislike his policies.
(b) The people think him ridiculous.
(c) The people have too much time to think.
(d) The people object to his cruelty.

15. What reason did Patricio Aragones give for his claim that he and the General would meet death at a tie?
(a) He could not best the General in dominoes.
(b) Their faces are on boths sides of both coins.
(c) They are equals in dominoes.
(d) The face of each man is one side of a coin.