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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 General's body parts seems out of proportion to the narrator?
(a) His hands.
(b) His sunken eyes.
(c) His feet.
(d) His ears.

2. In the diplomat's report, what is the cow eating?
(a) A wad of dung.
(b) Roses from the lepers' bushes.
(c) A portrait of an archbishop.
(d) The General's uniform.

3. At what time did the General always begin the day?
(a) 1 p.m.
(b) After 11 a.m.
(c) 9 a.m.
(d) Before 5 a.m.

4. What happens to the crocodiles after the sack of the palace?
(a) They are made the national reptile.
(b) They are honored as the General's personal guards.
(c) They are released into the wild.
(d) They are killed.

5. Why does the General become uneasy after the palace is sacked?
(a) The message written in blood on the palace walls.
(b) The ease with which the people celebrate both his life and his death.
(c) Patricio Aragones' words.
(d) The brazen act of defilement.

Short Answer Questions

1. The General is determined to wipe out every conservative regime from where to where?

2. How many people are killed during the explosion of the milk cart?

3. What do the signs in the main square read as they celebrate both the General's believed death and his discovered health?

4. How does Narisco Miraval die?

5. What reason does Ambassador Thompson give for the Marine occupation of the Nation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who were the Federalists?

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

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

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

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

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

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