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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the deaths of the men who sacked the Palace, the General decides to do which of the following?
(a) Execute any potential opposition.
(b) Demote Patricio Aragones.
(c) Stop torturing people.
(d) Begin a reign of unprecedented terror.

3. How many officers obey the General's command?
(a) None.
(b) 19.
(c) All.
(d) 1.

4. How does the General disguise his inability to speak?
(a) His double.
(b) Ventriloquists.
(c) A recorded message.
(d) Limited public appearances.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rooms does Benedicion Alvarado's mansion have?

2. Where does the General read of a death identical to one he dreamed about?

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

4. What kind of birds did Benedicion Alvarado paint?

5. What do the signs in the main square read as they celebrate both the General's believed death and his discovered health?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Caribbean Sea at the opening of Chapter 3.

2. What is the General's "second death"?

3. Who were the Federalists?

4. What is accomplished at the meeting between the Minister of Health, the Minister of Defense, Manuela Sanchez, and the General?

5. How does the General prepare for the coming hurricane?

6. Describe the General's relationship with his mother

7. What does the General do with the two thousand children whose continued existence would threaten the General's position as president?

8. How do the people react to the General's second death? Why do they react this way?

9. How does Saturno Santos come to work for the General and why must he stop?

10. Why does the General restore the March poetry contest?

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