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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 characters are NOT jailed together in San Fernando?

2. Where does Ella bury Franco's body?

3. Which of the following is NOT a punishment that Franco's sisters must endure?

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

5. How many Paraguayan men escape the battle against Brazil in Riachuelto?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Baron von Fischer-Treunfeld?

2. What does Charles Washburn consider a wasted golden opportunity for the Brazilian forces?

3. What fate befalls Alonzo Taylor's family after he escapes on a British ship?

4. How does Pancho die?

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

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

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

8. What happens when Ella realizes that her horse, Mathilde, is dying by the banks of the Aquidaban River?

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

10. What happens to Maria Olivia after the doctor realizes she is ill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ella and Franco had very different childhoods that inevitably led them to each other. Compare and contrast the childhoods that these characters had, and explain how their upbringings irrevocably altered their relationship.

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

Franco was arguably a terrible father to his children. Choose two of Franco's children and explain the negative effects that he had on their upbringing. How might the lives of the Lopez children have been altered if they were raised without Franco in their lives?

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