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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the generals killed, according to the record?
(a) By poisoned food.
(b) In a conspiracy forged by Bendicion Alvarado.
(c) By an explosion of their escorts' guns.
(d) By the poisoned alcohol Bendicion Alvarado served.

2. How does Patricio Aragones die?
(a) He is stabbed by a guard.
(b) He drowns in a bathtub.
(c) He is wounded by a poisoned dart.
(d) His carriage is destroyed by dynamite.

3. Whose husband does the General claim to have retrieved for her?
(a) Leticia Nazareno.
(b) Bendicion Alvarado.
(c) Manuela Sanchez.
(d) Matilde Peralta.

4. How many people are killed during the explosion of the milk cart?
(a) 19.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 1,499.
(d) 0.

5. What do the signs in the main square read as they celebrate both the General's believed death and his discovered health?
(a) We Shall be Redeemed!
(b) God Damns Sinners!
(c) Long Live The General!
(d) God Save the Magnificent!

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the General disguise his inability to speak?

2. Where is it said that Manuela retreated to?

3. Why does the General become uneasy after the palace is sacked?

4. Why does the General become angry with his aids?

5. In the diplomat's report, what is the cow eating?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is accomplished at the meeting between the Minister of Health, the Minister of Defense, Manuela Sanchez, and the General?

2. How does the General prepare for the coming hurricane?

3. How do the people react to the General's second death? Why do they react this way?

4. How does the General respond to Patricio Aragones's dying diatribe?

5. Which group is the exception to the General's rebuilding policy?

6. After the U.S. occupiers leave, why is Bendicion Alvarado unhappy?

7. What happens when a man's bird wins against the General's in a cockfight?

8. Why are the wild parrots exterminated by the Secret police?

9. Describe the Caribbean Sea at the opening of Chapter 3.

10. How does Patricio Aragones become the General's double?

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