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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 does Franco deliver to Ella's home, bribing the doorman to give to her?

2. How many daughters does Ella give birth to through the course of her child bearing years?

3. What project does Franco undertake with French colonists on his land?

4. How many siblings does Franco have?

5. Why does the bishop refuse to baptize Juan Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the U.S. government think of the Lopez dynasty?

2. What is Ella's life like leading up to her time in Paris?

3. How does Pancho treat his younger brother Carlos while they are playing in the garden?

4. What is life like for Ella and Dimitri before he leaves to fight in the war?

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

6. What happens to Dr. Kennedy while on his trek across Lake Ipacarai?

7. How does Ella pass her time while she is living alone in Buenos Ayres?

8. How is Juan Francisco welcomed into the world?

9. What work does Dr. Mastermind do while the Paraguayan forces are at battle with Brazil?

10. Who is Henry Kennedy, and why is he living in Buenos Ayres?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

The Paraguayan people proved to be the strongest characters in the novel. Explain the trauma that the Paraguayan people succumbed to and then explain how they proved to be resilient even in the face of extreme adversity.

Essay Topic 3

During the war with Brazil, Franco acts very selfishly in regards to the people of his land. Choose two examples of times that Franco puts himself before the people of his land, and explain how these decisions wreaked havoc on the people and land that he was supposed to be protecting.

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