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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. What about the General's hands indicated he would be king?
(a) They were magnificently powerful from infancy.
(b) There were no life lines on his palms.
(c) They were soft and regal.
(d) They were abnormally pale.

2. Why does the General force Leticia to cancel all her public appearances?
(a) He wants more time in the bedroom with her.
(b) He becomes jealous of her favor with the people.
(c) He fears an assassination attempt.
(d) He believes she should spend more time with their son.

3. When Bendicion Alvarado's body is returned to the General, what has changed?
(a) Her body has been defiled.
(b) Each person has added a tribute to the mother of the Nation.
(c) The people have added tokens of the miracles that happened in her presence.
(d) The pink tulip is missing.

4. What happens to Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra?
(a) He becomes the General's second in command and proceeds to terrorize the nation under the General's orders.
(b) He is castrated and driven from the nation naked.
(c) He overthrows the General on a campaign of pure terror.
(d) He is beaten to a pulp and strung up from a lamppost with his testicles in his mouth.

5. In a sack of what seems like coconuts, what does Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra deliver to the General?
(a) The heads of the General's remaining family.
(b) The heads of suspected enemies.
(c) The heads of the General's allies.
(d) A load of rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Demetrius Aldous's nickname?

2. What is the only condition the General places on Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra?

3. Who poses as a student and sleeps with the General?

4. Which man has the gall to win at dominoes against the General without permission?

5. What does the first bulletin released after the General's death declare?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the General defeat Jose Ignacio Saenz de la Barra's attempted coup?

2. At the end of his life, how does the General feel about power?

3. Why does Leticia always receive inferior merchandise from the market?

4. After he has finished with the school girl, how does the General deal with her?

5. Describe the circumstances under which the General meets Leticia Nazareno.

6. What are the contents of the sack which appears to be full of coconuts?

7. How does Monsignor Demetrius Aldous investigate Bendicion Alvarado for sainthood?

8. Why does the General's plan to overthrow the U.S. forces fail?

9. How does the General decide to restore the Church to the nation?

10. What does Bendicion Alvarado try to tell the General as she is dying?

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