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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. When he sees the cow, what does the General immediately remember?
(a) The cows that appeared on the lawn on the day of the invasion.
(b) The way his son resembled a calf fetus at birth.
(c) Cow is spelled with a C.
(d) The assassination attempt involving the milk cart.

2. Who poses as a student and sleeps with the General?
(a) Otilia.
(b) A waterfront prostitute.
(c) Cecilia.
(d) Leticia Nazareno.

3. What happened to the cause of Bendicion Alvarado?
(a) It was suspended for insufficient proof.
(b) It was postponed because of the political significance of the results.
(c) It was rejected because of her unchaste youth.
(d) It was suspended because of the General's interference.

4. What does the papal nuncio say about the linen shroud?
(a) It is proof of a miracle.
(b) It is miraculous, but not proof of sainthood.
(c) It is a fake, produced by a painter.
(d) It is proof of God's divinity only.

5. In a sack of what seems like coconuts, what does Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra deliver to the General?
(a) The heads of the General's remaining family.
(b) A load of rocks.
(c) The heads of the General's allies.
(d) The heads of suspected enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the General rise to power?

2. Where do the soap operas the General and Leticia watch come from?

3. How many lacquered bibles are there?

4. What happens to Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra?

5. What is disguised as as vase of six sunflowers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the General order the Church and its clergy to be expelled from the nation and how is this accomplished?

2. Describe Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra.

3. After he has finished with the school girl, how does the General deal with her?

4. Explain the significance of yellow fever to the General's position as president.

5. How does Leticia Nazareno's relationship with the General begin?

6. What happens to Monsignor Demetrius Aldous as he concludes his investigation of the General's mother?

7. Describe the occurrence the General believes to be a miracle.

8. How does the General decide to restore the Church to the nation?

9. How does Monsignor Demetrius Aldous investigate Bendicion Alvarado for sainthood?

10. What does Bendicion Alvarado try to tell the General as she is dying?

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