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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 feet.
(b) His sunken eyes.
(c) His hands.
(d) His ears.

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

3. According to Aragones, who put the General in power?
(a) The English.
(b) The Gringoes.
(c) The Conservatives.
(d) Aragones.

4. Who lost an arm defusing a bomb intended for the General?
(a) Patricio Aragones.
(b) Bendicion Alvarado.
(c) General Rodrigo de Aguilar.
(d) Poncio Daza.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Patricio Aragnoes drink in order to forget how to read and write?

2. What does the General think is the underlying cause of rebellion?

3. How many assassination attempts did Patricio Aragones survive before he was hired by the General?

4. What happens to the dogs of the dogfight district during the renewal?

5. What happens to the Red Cross shipments?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the General's relationship with his mother

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

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

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

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