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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The General paid a man 200 pesos to do which of the following during his mother's procession?
(a) Pretend to have risen from the dead.
(b) Shoot any naysayers at the procession.
(c) Pretend to be a leper cured by Bendicion.
(d) Carry a child, claiming that she has been healed by Bendicion.

2. How does Leticia legally steal from merchants at the market?
(a) At her touch, it is damaged merchandise and the merchants give it away for free.
(b) She claims it in the name of God.
(c) She tells the merchants to send the bill to the government.
(d) The General proclaims her immune from prosecution.

3. What is Death wearing when she arrives?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Leticia's nun's habit.
(c) The General's uniform.
(d) A penitent's tunic of pita cloth.

4. After Leticia's funeral, what does the General do to the birds?
(a) He stares at them, wondering where their voices have gone.
(b) He smothers them one by one.
(c) He releases them at Benedicion's mansion.
(d) He feeds them Cantorina with an eyedropper.

5. How did the General rise to power?
(a) By being the only reasonable candidate.
(b) In a single-handed display of military prowess.
(c) With the help of the English.
(d) By using his mother in his political campaigning.

6. What act of state importance does Emanuel perform from his baby carriage?
(a) He performs wedding ceremonies.
(b) He holds meetings with his father's advisors.
(c) He presides over official acts as his father's representative.
(d) He declares times of martial law.

7. According to ambassador Fischer, how could the marines land in the nation?
(a) U.S. interests were threatened.
(b) The U.S. embassy had been compromised.
(c) Conditions of a mutual assistance treaty.
(d) The Monroe Doctrine.

8. To whom does the General pray in his last moments?
(a) God.
(b) His mother.
(c) No one.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

9. What does the papal nuncio say about the linen shroud?
(a) It is miraculous, but not proof of sainthood.
(b) It is proof of God's divinity only.
(c) It is a fake, produced by a painter.
(d) It is proof of a miracle.

10. What name does Bendicion receive after the General sets up a cult in her honor?
(a) Saint Bendicion Alvarado.
(b) Saint Bendicion Alvarado of the Birds.
(c) Saint Bendicion Alvarado, Mother of the Nation.
(d) Saint Mother Bendicion Alvarado.

11. How do Leticia and Emanuel die?
(a) They are attacked and eaten by dogs in the market.
(b) They are shot from a distance by a keen marksman.
(c) A milk cart explodes inside the palace.
(d) They are poisoned, despite the General's inspections.

12. In a sack of what seems like coconuts, what does Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra deliver to the General?
(a) A load of rocks.
(b) The heads of suspected enemies.
(c) The heads of the General's remaining family.
(d) The heads of the General's allies.

13. Who poses as a student and sleeps with the General?
(a) Cecilia.
(b) Otilia.
(c) A waterfront prostitute.
(d) Leticia Nazareno.

14. What garment does the General wear in mourning?
(a) A black fedora.
(b) A black uniform.
(c) A black arm band.
(d) A black sweater.

15. How had the General's government marked those suspected of nonconformity?
(a) A red S on the door.
(b) A red circle on the door.
(c) A yellow X on the wall.
(d) A yellow flag on the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the General learn to read?

2. Which man has the gall to win at dominoes against the General without permission?

3. Which character's death is described as a marker of the end of creation?

4. What does Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra spend his money on?

5. Where are the torture chambers located before they are destroyed?

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