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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. Which of the following is not a means of death met by the men who sacked the Presidential Palace?
(a) A man is burned alive.
(b) A man is thrown in the moat.
(c) A man is fed to crocodiles.
(d) A man is flayed alive.

2. How did the General sign decrees?
(a) Seal.
(b) His Initials.
(c) An X.
(d) Thumbprint.

3. How does the General react to the rebellion at San Jeronimo?
(a) He downs a bottle of rum and cries.
(b) He runs away in fear.
(c) He negotiates with the dissenters.
(d) He goes to the barracks unarmed.

4. When does the comet pass by Manuela Sanchez's house?
(a) 3:05.
(b) 11:06.
(c) 7:01.
(d) 9:42.

5. Where does the General sit as the comet passes over?
(a) On the stairs of Manuela's house.
(b) Between Manuela and her mother.
(c) Across from Manuela.
(d) At the foot of Manuela's bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the motto of the national baseball team?

2. Who was the only general to not consume alcohol?

3. How much do Aguilar and Norton pay the false leper to assassinate the General?

4. How does Patricio Aragones die?

5. What happens to the bands who sack the Presidential Palace?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the General do with the two thousand children whose continued existence would threaten the General's position as president?

3. Why does the General restore the March poetry contest?

4. Who is the only man to survive the meeting of the Federalist Generals and how does he survive?

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

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

7. Discuss the significance of the cows in the opening scene.

8. How is the lottery system rigged?

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

10. What is the General's "second death"?

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