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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompts the General to have all of Leticia's food inspected?
(a) A fish bone in her bread.
(b) A bad omen.
(c) Leticia's sudden vomiting spell.
(d) A threatening note.

2. Where does death finally find the General?
(a) In the courtyard.
(b) On the balcony.
(c) His chambers.
(d) The bathroom.

3. Who was Delfina Moscote?
(a) A milk vendor.
(b) A woman interested in the General.
(c) A breeder of jaguar hounds.
(d) A winner of the March poetry festival.

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

5. What happened to the cause of Bendicion Alvarado?
(a) It was suspended because of the General's interference.
(b) It was postponed because of the political significance of the results.
(c) It was rejected because of her unchaste youth.
(d) It was suspended for insufficient proof.

6. What does the second bulletin released after the General's death declare?
(a) The General has taken a religious vow of isolation for 30 days.
(b) The General has requested more time alone.
(c) The General has a family emergency and must sequester himself.
(d) The General has fallen to an ailment related to his increased years.

7. What happens to the clergy of the Catholic Church?
(a) The General orders them to march naked onto a raft.
(b) They are flayed alive.
(c) They are executed.
(d) They are pardoned and offered an opportunity to convert to the cult of his mother.

8. How many enemies did the General suspect of conspiring against him?
(a) 21.
(b) 14.
(c) 19.
(d) 6.

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

10. 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 the General's remaining family.
(c) The heads of suspected enemies.
(d) The heads of the General's allies.

11. What does the General do in honor of Leticia and the boy?
(a) He establishes a new national poetry contest.
(b) He dedicates another cult to the memory of his wife and son.
(c) The orders the market raized and replaced by a garden with a marble cross.
(d) He donates all his possession, but not his power, to the Church.

12. What does Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra spend his money on?
(a) His fussy wife.
(b) The clothing of a prince.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Fine foods.

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

14. How long has the General been in power?
(a) 150 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 50 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adorns the General's chest, as his body lies on the banquet table?

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

3. What about the General's hands indicated he would be king?

4. What happens when Leticia touches fresh market goods?

5. How had the General's government dealt with petty criminals?

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