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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time did the General always begin the day?
(a) After 11 a.m.
(b) 9 a.m.
(c) Before 5 a.m.
(d) 1 p.m.

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

3. What does Patricio Aragnoes drink in order to forget how to read and write?
(a) Iodine.
(b) Rum.
(c) Turpentine.
(d) Poison.

4. What happens to the bands who sack the Presidential Palace?
(a) They are pardoned by the General at the request of Benedicion Alvarado.
(b) They are tortured in the San Jeronimo barracks.
(c) They are exiled to Spain.
(d) They are summarily executed.

5. After the deaths of the men who sacked the Palace, the General decides to do which of the following?
(a) Begin a reign of unprecedented terror.
(b) Execute any potential opposition.
(c) Demote Patricio Aragones.
(d) Stop torturing people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the motto of the national baseball team?

2. In which month was the Presidential Palace inaugurated?

3. When the General looks at other nations, what pattern does he notice?

4. How does Patricio Aragones die?

5. What reason did Patricio Aragones give for his claim that he and the General would meet death at a tie?

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