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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal part are the General's hands compared to?
(a) A toad's belly.
(b) A shark's fin.
(c) A lizard's tongue.
(d) A cow's innards.

2. How old was the General when he died?
(a) 2
(b) Between 107 and 232.
(c) Between 63 and 98.
(d) 107.

3. Who sends the telegram which is kept from the General's sights?
(a) Benedicion Alvarado.
(b) Ambassador Palmerston.
(c) The Supreme Pontiff.
(d) Manuela Sanchez.

4. Who is "petrified" to see the changes to the dogfight district?
(a) The General.
(b) Manuela Sanchez's mother.
(c) Benedicion Alvarado.
(d) Manuela Sanchez.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Both as a tribute to his mother and as a joke, people begin to send the General which of the following gifts?

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

3. What reason did Benedicion Alvarado give for her housing preference?

4. How does Bendicion Alvarado persuade the General to stay at her house a little longer?

5. What does the General flavor his water with?

(see the answer key)

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