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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the comet pass by Manuela Sanchez's house?
(a) 3:05.
(b) 7:01.
(c) 9:42.
(d) 11:06.

2. Which of the following is NOT something General Rodrigo de Aguilar has in common with Ambassador Norton?
(a) Dutch prostitutes.
(b) A weapons smuggling enterprise.
(c) A predilection for Puerto Rican rum.
(d) Fencing.

3. To whom did the General give a sewing machine?
(a) Matilde Peralta.
(b) Lorenza Lopez.
(c) Jacinta Morales.
(d) Leticia Nazareno.

4. How much do Aguilar and Norton pay the false leper to assassinate the General?
(a) 50,000 pesos.
(b) 50,000 pesos, cut in half.
(c) 25,000 pesos.
(d) Nothing.

5. Why does the General become angry with his aids?
(a) His order to create a fair lottery has been disobeyed.
(b) He learns that they have executed all his illegitimate children.
(c) He learns they have hidden a group of two thousand children.
(d) He learns that they have made decisions of national importance without consulting him.

Short Answer Questions

1. The General paid the blind man 5 cents to do which of the following?

2. How is the lottery rigged so that the General always wins?

3. Who sends the telegram which is kept from the General's sights?

4. What does the General think is the underlying cause of rebellion?

5. What substance does the General give to Patricio Aragones as he lays dying?

(see the answer key)

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