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

2. At what time does Major General Rodrigo de Aguilar arrive at the banquet?
(a) 11:50.
(b) 12:00.
(c) 12:05.
(d) 11:55.

3. When the General looks at other nations, what pattern does he notice?
(a) The rise of strong-man governments.
(b) The decay of colonial government.
(c) Stagnation.
(d) Change, revolution and revival.

4. Which item in the palace gives proof to the legend that bullets would pass through the General's body without harming him?
(a) A blood-stained shirt.
(b) A perforated uniform.
(c) A bullet proof vest.
(d) A perforated chair.

5. Why does the General murder the old woman?
(a) So that no one would know the circumstances of his death.
(b) Because she knew about the two thousand children.
(c) Because she threatened to expose him.
(d) In order to silence his mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What substance does the General give to Patricio Aragones as he lays dying?

3. What happens to the crocodiles after the sack of the palace?

4. Which of the following objects was NOT among the items bearing the General's face?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the lottery system rigged?

2. What happens at the meeting of the Federalist Generals?

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

4. What is the General's "first death"? Describe the circumstances and provide details.

5. How does Manuela Sanchez respond to the appearance of the comet?

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

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

8. Why does the General stop appearing in the city alongside the group of senators?

9. Describe the state of the presidential palace when the book opens.

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

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