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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was the General when he died?
(a) Between 107 and 232.
(b) 107.
(c) 2
(d) Between 63 and 98.

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

4. What happens to the bands who sack the Presidential Palace?
(a) They are exiled to Spain.
(b) They are pardoned by the General at the request of Benedicion Alvarado.
(c) They are tortured in the San Jeronimo barracks.
(d) They are summarily executed.

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

6. How many maids did Bendicion Alvarado receive?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) None.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

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

11. Who was the only general to not consume alcohol?
(a) The General.
(b) Saturno Santos.
(c) Narisco Lopez.
(d) Jacinto Algarabia.

12. Where does the General read of a death identical to one he dreamed about?
(a) In the tomes of Julius Caesar.
(b) In the records of his father's life.
(c) In the writings of General Lautaro Munoz.
(d) In the Bible.

13. How many assassination attempts did Patricio Aragones survive before he was hired by the General?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

14. According to Aragones, who put the General in power?
(a) The Conservatives.
(b) The English.
(c) Aragones.
(d) The Gringoes.

15. What do the signs in the main square read as they celebrate both the General's believed death and his discovered health?
(a) We Shall be Redeemed!
(b) God Save the Magnificent!
(c) Long Live The General!
(d) God Damns Sinners!

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Ambassador Thompson give for the Marine occupation of the Nation?

2. How many rooms does Benedicion Alvarado's mansion have?

3. When the General looks at other nations, what pattern does he notice?

4. Which smell accompanies Manuela Sanchez?

5. In which activity is General Rodrigo de Aguilar authorized to beat the General?

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