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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ella's fifth son?

2. How long will Ella and Franco's trip to Buenos Ayres take them?

3. Where do the two Paraguayan businessmen travel without state permission?

4. Where does Ella stay while living in Buenos Ayres?

5. What has Franco nicknamed his son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Obispo Cue?

2. Who is Frederick Mastermind?

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

4. What is Franco's relationship with his family?

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

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

7. How does Ella respond to Marie after Marie suffers her terrible injury?

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

9. How is Juan Francisco welcomed into the world?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pancho grew up to be a man exactly like his father. Choose two examples of moments in his life when Pancho behaved in a way that Franco might have, and explain where Pancho learned his unemotional behaviors.

Essay Topic 2

Franco's proposal to Isabella de Braganza goes terribly wrong. Explain why Franco wanted to propose to this woman and what the reaction to the proposal was from the point of view of AT LEAST three different characters.

Essay Topic 3

The three wet nurses Ella hired to help raise her children each had drastically different personalities. Name and describe all three of the wet nurses Ella hired, and explain the effect each woman had on the lives of the Lopez children.

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