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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bendicion Alvarado's coffin filled with, to keep her body from rotting?
(a) Roses and cedar chips.
(b) Alcohol and ice.
(c) Ice and saw dust.
(d) Formaldehyde and ice.

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

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

4. 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.

5. Who does the U.S. send in to carry out the punishment?
(a) The U.S. Marire Corpse.
(b) The Navy SEALS.
(c) Engineers from the U.S. Center for Biological War.
(d) Ambassador Ewing's nautical engineers.

6. When he sees the cow, what does the General immediately remember?
(a) The way his son resembled a calf fetus at birth.
(b) The assassination attempt involving the milk cart.
(c) The cows that appeared on the lawn on the day of the invasion.
(d) Cow is spelled with a C.

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

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

9. In his old age, the General is compared to which animals?
(a) Tortoises and elephants.
(b) Snakes and tortoises.
(c) Elephants and squirrels.
(d) Toads and lemurs.

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

11. What does the General stop to contemplate 23 times?
(a) The pesky cow he intercepts.
(b) The mystery of the city without a sea.
(c) The wonder of his rise and fall.
(d) The treachery of U.S. ambassadors.

12. 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 pardoned and offered an opportunity to convert to the cult of his mother.
(d) They are executed.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The General paid a man 200 pesos to do which of the following during his mother's procession?

2. How does the General learn to read?

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

4. What happens as a result of the Vatican's decision in the cause of Bendicion Alvarado?

5. Where does the General kidnap Leticia from?

(see the answer keys)

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