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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of the General's corpse didn't the vultures peck?
(a) His herniated testicle.
(b) His mythic feet.
(c) His soft hands.
(d) His eyes.

2. Where do the wild parrots learn the song mocking the General?
(a) From treacherous commanders.
(b) From Manuela Sanchez.
(c) From domestic birds.
(d) From mischievous lepers.

3. What type of contest does the General institute?
(a) A beauty contest.
(b) A shooting contest.
(c) A national speech contest.
(d) A spelling bee.

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

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

6. What does the General flavor his water with?
(a) Vanilla.
(b) Lime.
(c) Soursop.
(d) Vodka.

7. What reason did Benedicion Alvarado give for her housing preference?
(a) The big house made her feel like the Pope's wife.
(b) She preferred the proximity to her son.
(c) She claimed the open air was better for her health.
(d) She preferred the elegance and extravagance of the grand room.

8. Which omen caused the General to change the date of a public appearance?
(a) A dog died on the steps of the palace.
(b) The General saw a backwards comet.
(c) Bendicion Alvarado found an egg with two yolks.
(d) All the birds in the palace died.

9. What type of suit does the General use as a disguise?
(a) Farmer's clothing.
(b) Military camoflage.
(c) A tweed officer's uniform.
(d) An innocent linen suit

10. In which activity is General Rodrigo de Aguilar authorized to beat the General?
(a) Chess.
(b) Fencing.
(c) Shooting.
(d) Dominoes.

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

12. The General is determined to wipe out every conservative regime from where to where?
(a) Bogota to Lima.
(b) Patagonia to Mongolia.
(c) The Nation to China.
(d) Patagonia to Alaska.

13. Which of the General's body parts seems out of proportion to the narrator?
(a) His ears.
(b) His sunken eyes.
(c) His hands.
(d) His feet.

14. What substance does the General give to Patricio Aragones as he lays dying?
(a) Potassium Chlorate.
(b) Iodine.
(c) Magnesium Sulfate.
(d) Anodyne.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did the General sign decrees?

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

5. Why does the General become uneasy after the palace is sacked?

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