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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the generals killed, according to the record?

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

3. Which item in the palace gives proof to the legend that bullets would pass through the General's body without harming him?

4. What happens to the dogs of the dogfight district during the renewal?

5. What kind of birds did Benedicion Alvarado paint?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the General relocate his mother to a mansion in the suburbs?

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

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

4. What happens to the Defense Minister?

5. How does Patricio Aragones feel toward the President?

6. What is the General's "first death"? Describe the circumstances and provide details.

7. Why does the General stop appearing in the city alongside the group of senators?

8. Discuss the significance of the cows in the opening scene.

9. What happens at the meeting of the Federalist Generals?

10. After the U.S. occupiers leave, why is Bendicion Alvarado unhappy?

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