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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. What adorns the General's chest, as his body lies on the banquet table?
(a) False medals, earned in chocolate wars invented by his toadies.
(b) Full military regalia.
(c) A single rose.
(d) A pink tulip.

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

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

4. When does the first cow invade the palace?
(a) Right after the General's death.
(b) The narrator doesn't tell us.
(c) An October afternoon.
(d) Right before the General's death.

5. How does the General learn to read?
(a) He teaches himself from a primer he finds among Leticia's things.
(b) He learned how to read as a boy.
(c) The ability to read comes to him after a dream of Bendicion Alvarado.
(d) Leticia gives him lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first ceremony performed after Emanuel's birth?

2. How many enemies did the General suspect of conspiring against him?

3. How long has the General been in power?

4. What happens to the clergy of the Catholic Church?

5. After both bulletins, how is the General's death finally announced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the contents of the sack which appears to be full of coconuts?

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

3. Explain the conditions under which Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra is allowed to operate the torture chamber.

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

5. Who is actually running the government by the end of Chapter 5?

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

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

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

9. Describe the successful assassination attempt.

10. How does the General defeat Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra's attempted coup?

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