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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason did Benedicion Alvarado give for her housing preference?
(a) She preferred the proximity to her son.
(b) She preferred the elegance and extravagance of the grand room.
(c) The big house made her feel like the Pope's wife.
(d) She claimed the open air was better for her health.

2. How does the General kill the old woman?
(a) He breaks her neck.
(b) He throws her to the man-eating dogs.
(c) He poisons her food.
(d) He strangles her with a strap from his spur.

3. What does the narrator use to restore the look of life to the corpse?
(a) Women's rouge and lipstick.
(b) Pomegranate juice.
(c) Red lacquer.
(d) Crimson dye.

4. How many rooms does Benedicion Alvarado's mansion have?
(a) 47.
(b) 22.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

5. Where do the lepers live?
(a) In the palace.
(b) Among the rosebushes.
(c) On the streets.
(d) In a special hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many officers obey the General's command?

2. From what are the lepers under the rose bushes dying?

3. How do Leticia and Emanuel die?

4. Benedicion Alvarado screamed in horror because the walls perpetually oozed which of the following after the banquet?

5. Which item in the palace gives proof to the legend that bullets would pass through the General's body without harming him?

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