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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Red Cross shipments?
(a) They are welcomed as much-needed aid.
(b) They are rejected by the General as signs of imperialism.
(c) They are seized, sold and resold by corrupt ministers.
(d) They are allowed to spoil before being sent to the needy.

2. In the diplomat's report, what is the cow eating?
(a) The General's uniform.
(b) A portrait of an archbishop.
(c) A wad of dung.
(d) Roses from the lepers' bushes.

3. Which group comes to investigate the disappearance of the children?
(a) The League of Generals.
(b) The U.S. Marines.
(c) The League of Nations.
(d) The United Nations.

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

5. Which craft does Manuela Sanchez's mother make?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Knit garments.
(c) Painted screens.
(d) Lace.

6. What do the signs in the main square read as they celebrate both the General's believed death and his discovered health?
(a) God Damns Sinners!
(b) We Shall be Redeemed!
(c) Long Live The General!
(d) God Save the Magnificent!

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

8. What reason did Patricio Aragones give for his claim that he and the General would meet death at a tie?
(a) They are equals in dominoes.
(b) Their faces are on boths sides of both coins.
(c) He could not best the General in dominoes.
(d) The face of each man is one side of a coin.

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

10. Where did Benedicion Alvarado prefer to live?
(a) On the outdoor patio.
(b) In the city.
(c) In the servants' quarters.
(d) In the grand room.

11. Where does the General read of a death identical to one he dreamed about?
(a) In the records of his father's life.
(b) In the tomes of Julius Caesar.
(c) In the Bible.
(d) In the writings of General Lautaro Munoz.

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

13. How does Patricio Aragones die?
(a) He is wounded by a poisoned dart.
(b) He drowns in a bathtub.
(c) His carriage is destroyed by dynamite.
(d) He is stabbed by a guard.

14. At what time does Major General Rodrigo de Aguilar arrive at the banquet?
(a) 11:55.
(b) 12:05.
(c) 12:00.
(d) 11:50.

15. What does the General bring to Manuela Sanchez?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Gadgets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of birds did Benedicion Alvarado paint?

2. Who was the only general to not consume alcohol?

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

4. What happens to the crocodiles after the sack of the palace?

5. In which activity is General Rodrigo de Aguilar authorized to beat the General?

(see the answer keys)

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