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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. Which of the following adjectives best describes General Diaz?

2. Who does Franco blame for Miguel's death?

3. When Ella thinks about leaving Franco, where does she desire to go?

4. What does Franco demand from all the women in Paraguay to help support his war against Brazil?

5. What city does Ella tell her children about while they are watching the executions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Ella and her children are sent to relocate to the small town of Pikysyry?

2. What conflict does Ella undertake when she decides she wants to leave Franco?

3. How does Pancho behave when he leaves his home and joins his father at Humaita?

4. What befalls the "traitors" in the Lopez family after their arrest?

5. Who is Baron von Fischer-Treunfeld?

6. What does Dr. Mastermind do upon his release from prison?

7. How does Dr. Mastermind spend his days in prison?

8. What does Alonzo Taylor witness while marching in the prison lines?

9. What happens when Franco foolishly loses 6,000 men in the marshes of Humaita?

10. How does Franco treat Benigno and Saturnino after their arrest for treason?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the novel, Ella finds herself "haunted" by the ghost of the Brazilian soldier she killed. Explain the circumstances of the murder and then explain how this event irrevocably changed Ella's character.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, both Franco and Ella take lovers during their relationship with one another.

Part 1.) Create a list of characters who were taken as lovers by both Ella and Franco.

Part 2.) Compare and contrast the reasons why Franco and Ella took lovers, and what their emotional states were during the affairs.

Part 3.) Explain the effect that the affairs and lovers had on Franco and Ella's relationship with each other and the lives of their children.

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