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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adorns the General's chest, as his body lies on the banquet table?
(a) A pink tulip.
(b) False medals, earned in chocolate wars invented by his toadies.
(c) A single rose.
(d) Full military regalia.

2. What name does Death use to refer to the General?
(a) Nicanor.
(b) General.
(c) Zacarias.
(d) You.

3. What is disguised as as vase of six sunflowers?
(a) Six microphones.
(b) Six poisoned flowers.
(c) A bomb.
(d) Six grams of cocaine.

4. Where does the General kidnap Leticia from?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) The Nation.
(c) Rome.
(d) Puerto Rico.

5. The General, in the "feminine splendor" of his death, is compared to which public figure?
(a) The Virgin Mary,
(b) His own dead mother.
(c) The Queen Mother.
(d) A dead pope.

6. Convinced of his mother's holiness, the General writes to which city to begin the canonization process?
(a) Chile.
(b) Bogota.
(c) Rome.
(d) Patagonia.

7. How many lacquered bibles are there?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

8. What is the first ceremony performed after Emanuel's birth?
(a) He is appointed Major General.
(b) He is appointed President.
(c) He is baptized.
(d) He is canonized.

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

10. What does Ambassador Eberhart give the General as a distraction from the bad business deal?
(a) A promise of future economic relations.
(b) A wind machine.
(c) A bottle of rum.
(d) Rights to visit the Caribbean Sea.

11. Under which code of "law" does Leticia operate?
(a) Catholic law.
(b) Bedroom law.
(c) Marital law.
(d) Verbal contract law.

12. From what are the lepers under the rose bushes dying?
(a) Despair.
(b) Poison.
(c) Old age.
(d) Disease.

13. What does Ambassador Wilson bring to the General to console him?
(a) Specialty steaks and fine wines.
(b) Dutch prostitutes.
(c) Candy from Baltimore and gentleman's magazines.
(d) A portrait of Leticia and Emanuel.

14. What happens as a result of the Vatican's decision in the cause of Bendicion Alvarado?
(a) Nationwide celebrations erupt.
(b) The Eritrean is murdered.
(c) The Apostolic Nunciature is ransacked.
(d) The General calmly appeals the decision.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the soap operas the General and Leticia watch come from?

2. What is Bendicion Alvarado's coffin filled with, to keep her body from rotting?

3. How many enemies did the General suspect of conspiring against him?

4. What does the Easter edict proclaim?

5. What happened to the cause of Bendicion Alvarado?

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