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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 small animal is also aboard the steamer and acts as a constant annoyance to Ella?
(a) A ferret.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A dog.

2. How do the women aboard the steamer treat Ella?
(a) With smugness.
(b) With anger.
(c) With kindness.
(d) With apathy.

3. How does Franco feel when Ella finds out about his affairs?
(a) He feels betrayed by Ella's snooping.
(b) He feels nothing toward Ella's grief.
(c) He feels guilty over being found out.
(d) He feels entitled to as many women as he chooses.

4. Which of Franco's sons is described as being slow and not very good at hiding?
(a) Pancho.
(b) Frederico.
(c) Leopoldo.
(d) Carlos.

5. What is the name of the lake that Dr. Kennedy hopes to trek?
(a) Lake Cowasack.
(b) Lake Mojambishu.
(c) Lake Ipacari.
(d) Lake Lalurna.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country is Franco's father president?

2. What effect is the surge of troops having on the people of Paraguay?

3. What country does Henry Kennedy come to Buenos Ayres from?

4. To whom is Princess Mathilde reportedly related to?

5. What does Pancho do when he finally catches his younger brother in the garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ella treated when visiting the opera house Franco has built?

2. Who is Corinna Adelaida, and what is the response to her life?

3. What does Franco do directly upon arriving to Buenos Ayres?

4. What happens when Franco tries to start a vineyard in the wooded land near his home?

5. Who is Dona Ines?

6. What happens to the groom that Ella hired to care for Mathilde?

7. Who is Isabella de Braganza, and what is her relationship to Franco?

8. What happens when Franco and Ella try to have their son baptized?

9. How do Ella and Franco plan to make the trip to Buenos Ayres, and what is their reaction to the journey?

10. How do the Paraguayan forces conduct themselves in battle with Brazil?

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