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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the crocodiles after the sack of the palace?
(a) They are honored as the General's personal guards.
(b) They are killed.
(c) They are released into the wild.
(d) They are made the national reptile.

3. Which smell accompanies Manuela Sanchez?
(a) Yesterday's stew.
(b) Stale perfume.
(c) Licorice.
(d) Urine.

4. What happens to the bands who sack the Presidential Palace?
(a) They are summarily executed.
(b) They are pardoned by the General at the request of Benedicion Alvarado.
(c) They are tortured in the San Jeronimo barracks.
(d) They are exiled to Spain.

5. How does Aguilar arrive at the banquet?
(a) Alone.
(b) With an escort.
(c) In full military regalia.
(d) As the main course.

6. When does the General renovate the dogfight district?
(a) In broad daylight.
(b) 1 hour each day in the afternoon.
(c) During the winter.
(d) Under the cover of night.

7. In which month was the Presidential Palace inaugurated?
(a) October.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) December.

8. How does the General kill the old woman?
(a) He breaks her neck.
(b) He poisons her food.
(c) He strangles her with a strap from his spur.
(d) He throws her to the man-eating dogs.

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

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

11. How many rooms does Benedicion Alvarado's mansion have?
(a) 11.
(b) 22.
(c) 9.
(d) 47.

12. How did the General sign decrees?
(a) Seal.
(b) His Initials.
(c) An X.
(d) Thumbprint.

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

14. According to Aragones, who put the General in power?
(a) Aragones.
(b) The Conservatives.
(c) The English.
(d) The Gringoes.

15. Which of the following is not a means of death met by the men who sacked the Presidential Palace?
(a) A man is fed to crocodiles.
(b) A man is flayed alive.
(c) A man is burned alive.
(d) A man is thrown in the moat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of the General's corpse didn't the vultures peck?

2. How much do Aguilar and Norton pay the false leper to assassinate the General?

3. What does the General discover on "that historic October Friday"?

4. How does the General react to the rebellion at San Jeronimo?

5. How many officers obey the General's command?

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