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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. At what time did the General always begin the day?
(a) After 11 a.m.
(b) 9 a.m.
(c) Before 5 a.m.
(d) 1 p.m.
2. What does the General bring to Manuela Sanchez?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Gadgets.
(d) Flowers.
3. How were the generals killed, according to the record?
(a) By an explosion of their escorts' guns.
(b) By poisoned food.
(c) In a conspiracy forged by Bendicion Alvarado.
(d) By the poisoned alcohol Bendicion Alvarado served.
4. According to rumor, what determined the General's lifespan?
(a) The tides of the sea.
(b) The phases of the moon.
(c) Human time.
(d) The cycles of the comet.
5. At what time does Major General Rodrigo de Aguilar arrive at the banquet?
(a) 11:55.
(b) 12:05.
(c) 12:00.
(d) 11:50.
Short Answer Questions
1. How are the two thousand children transported from the palace?
2. What was the motto of the national baseball team?
3. What does the General flavor his water with?
4. Where is it said that Manuela retreated to?
5. Where did Benedicion Alvarado prefer to live?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the General respond to Patricio Aragones's dying diatribe?
2. How do the people react to the General's second death? Why do they react this way?
3. Describe the General's relationship with his mother
4. What is accomplished at the meeting between the Minister of Health, the Minister of Defense, Manuela Sanchez, and the General?
5. How are the leaders of a failed rebellion killed?
6. How does the General prepare for the coming hurricane?
7. Discuss the significance of the cows in the opening scene.
8. How does the good fishwife unwittingly prove her loyalty to the General? Describe her actions.
9. Which group is the exception to the General's rebuilding policy?
10. When the hurricane has passed, what does the General do to bolster rebuilding efforts?
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