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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) Before 5 a.m.
(c) 9 a.m.
(d) 1 p.m.

2. How many assassination attempts did Patricio Aragones survive before he was hired by the General?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

3. To whom did the General give a sewing machine?
(a) Matilde Peralta.
(b) Leticia Nazareno.
(c) Lorenza Lopez.
(d) Jacinta Morales.

4. How many maids did Bendicion Alvarado receive?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) None.

5. Both as a tribute to his mother and as a joke, people begin to send the General which of the following gifts?
(a) Red birettas.
(b) Cages of birds.
(c) Nun's habits.
(d) Portraits of the General and his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Poncio Daza?

2. How does the General kill the old woman?

3. According to Aragones, who put the General in power?

4. Who is "petrified" to see the changes to the dogfight district?

5. The remains of the General are found:

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the General's relationship with his mother

2. How does the good fishwife unwittingly prove her loyalty to the General? Describe her actions.

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

4. What happens to the Defense Minister?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Saturno Santos come to work for the General and why must he stop?

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

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