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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when the General refuses to allow U.S. troops into the nation?
(a) They haul away the Carribbean Sea.
(b) They depose the General.
(c) They infect the nation with yellow fever.
(d) They invade the capitol.

3. What color are the General's socks?
(a) Purple.
(b) One black, one purple.
(c) Grey.
(d) Pink.

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

5. What is placed in Bendicion Alvarado's hand?
(a) A pink silk tulip.
(b) A fine oriole.
(c) A pink live tulip.
(d) Her finest oriole painting.

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

7. Which character's death is described as a marker of the end of creation?
(a) The General's.
(b) Manuela Sanchez's.
(c) Leticia Nazareno's.
(d) Major General Rodrigo de Aguilar's.

8. Where does the General get his socks?
(a) From a group of school girls, commissioned to knit his footwear.
(b) From the nuns at his wife's former convent.
(c) From the private sockery of the Supreme Pontiff.
(d) From the corpses of his enemies.

9. What does the narrator use to restore the look of life to the corpse?
(a) Red lacquer.
(b) Crimson dye.
(c) Pomegranate juice.
(d) Women's rouge and lipstick.

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

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

12. Which man has the gall to win at dominoes against the General without permission?
(a) Emanuel.
(b) General Rodrigo de Aguilar.
(c) Leticia Nazareno's ghost.
(d) Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra.

13. According to popular rumor, what does Lord Kochel eat?
(a) Iguana eggs.
(b) Freshly-boiled hens.
(c) Grass.
(d) The hot guts of beheaded people.

14. How does the town react to the news of the General's death?
(a) Reticent.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Jubilant.
(d) Mournful.

15. What does the first bulletin released after the General's death declare?
(a) The General has requested personal time away from the people.
(b) A slight indisposition has obliged him to cancel appearances.
(c) A serious illness has compromised the General.
(d) A security threat has caused the General to remain under close supervision.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his old age, the General is compared to which animals?

2. Where does the General kidnap Leticia from?

3. What act of state importance does Emanuel perform from his baby carriage?

4. How does Leticia Nazareno respond when the General calls her name?

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

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