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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. How do Leticia and Emanuel die?
(a) They are poisoned, despite the General's inspections.
(b) A milk cart explodes inside the palace.
(c) They are attacked and eaten by dogs in the market.
(d) They are shot from a distance by a keen marksman.

2. To whom does the General pray in his last moments?
(a) God.
(b) No one.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) His mother.

3. When was the last time the General was seen in public?
(a) Before the comet.
(b) Before the banquet.
(c) Before the hurricane.
(d) Before Leticia Nazareno's death.

4. When does the General finally consummate his relationship with Leticia?
(a) Shortly after the second anniversary of the kidnapping.
(b) Shortly following the anniversary of her kidnapping.
(c) After they are married, in strict accordance with Leticia's beliefs.
(d) Immediately, unable to resist her undefiled body.

5. What happens when Leticia touches fresh market goods?
(a) They become State property.
(b) They increase in size.
(c) They wither or mold.
(d) They multiply prolifically.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the nuncio refuses to canonize Bendicion, what does the General do?

2. How had the General's government marked those suspected of nonconformity?

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

4. What adorns the General's chest, as his body lies on the banquet table?

5. How had President Lauturo Munoz risen to power?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the General's plan to overthrow the U.S. forces fail?

2. How does the General learn how to read?

3. Describe the General's final death.

4. Describe the circumstances under which the General meets Leticia Nazareno.

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

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

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

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

9. After the Papal Nuncio decides that the event was not a miracle, what happens to him?

10. Describe the encounter between the General and the school girl narrator in Chapter 6.

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