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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 do after his mother dies?
(a) He sleeps face-down next to her body.
(b) He attempts to revive her for hours.
(c) He weeps for 13 days.
(d) He calls on the local priest to give her last rites.

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

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

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

5. How does Leticia Nazareno respond when the General calls her name?
(a) She ignores the call until the second time she hears her name.
(b) She glares at the General.
(c) She hides behind another nun.
(d) She calls "Present" in a man's voice.

6. Why does the General force Leticia to cancel all her public appearances?
(a) He wants more time in the bedroom with her.
(b) He believes she should spend more time with their son.
(c) He becomes jealous of her favor with the people.
(d) He fears an assassination attempt.

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

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

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

10. What did the Marines bring with them during their landing in the nation?
(a) The cure for yellow fever.
(b) Red Cross aid supplies.
(c) Syphilis and Bibles.
(d) Military secrets and cartography.

11. What happens when Leticia touches fresh market goods?
(a) They increase in size.
(b) They wither or mold.
(c) They multiply prolifically.
(d) They become State property.

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

13. Where do the armed forces maintain order during the investigation of Bendicion's life?
(a) Bendicion Alvarado's mansion.
(b) The Presidential Palace.
(c) The Apostolic Nunciature.
(d) The capitol city.

14. Where are the torture chambers located before they are destroyed?
(a) The old Dutch asylum,
(b) The old American embassy.
(c) Along the coast of the Caribbean Sea.
(d) Inside the presidential palace.

15. Where do the soap operas the General and Leticia watch come from?
(a) The nation.
(b) Santiago, Chile.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Santiago de Cuba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under which code of "law" does Leticia operate?

2. What animal does Emanuel resemble when he is born?

3. What does the General stop to contemplate 23 times?

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

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

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