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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long will it be until the next comet passes?
(a) 150 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) A lifetime.
(d) 75 years.

2. Where do the soap operas the General and Leticia watch come from?
(a) Santiago, Chile.
(b) The nation.
(c) Santiago de Cuba.
(d) Puerto Rico.

3. How does the General react to the rebellion at San Jeronimo?
(a) He downs a bottle of rum and cries.
(b) He goes to the barracks unarmed.
(c) He runs away in fear.
(d) He negotiates with the dissenters.

4. Where does the General sit as the comet passes over?
(a) Between Manuela and her mother.
(b) At the foot of Manuela's bed.
(c) On the stairs of Manuela's house.
(d) Across from Manuela.

5. What about the General's hands indicated he would be king?
(a) They were abnormally pale.
(b) They were soft and regal.
(c) There were no life lines on his palms.
(d) They were magnificently powerful from infancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the two thousand children transported from the palace?

2. Where does the General kidnap Leticia from?

3. According to Aragones, who put the General in power?

4. Who lost an arm defusing a bomb intended for the General?

5. How does the General kill the old woman?

(see the answer key)

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