After the Inca Gathered an Enormous Ransom to Buy the Freedom

question 25

Multiple Choice

After the Inca gathered an enormous ransom to buy the freedom of Atawallpa,

• A) Pizarro ordered him released
• B) he was killed on Pizarro's orders
• C) he was killed trying to escape
• D) the Spanish refused to honor their promise

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