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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the American General who is sent to guide Ella and her children to Pikysyry?
(a) McGuff.
(b) MacDonald.
(c) MacMahon.
(d) McDougle.

2. Where is Curupayty in relation to Humaita?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) East.

3. How does Franco reward the men who survived the attack on Riachuelto?
(a) He has them killed.
(b) He sends them home to their families.
(c) He has them jailed.
(d) He gives them medals.

4. Which of Ella's sons is killed during the flight from Paraguay?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Enrique.
(c) Leopoldo.
(d) Pancho.

5. What tribe do the indigenous Indians of Paraguay belong to?
(a) Hepetabaro.
(b) Guaycuru.
(c) Vulayvulay.
(d) Xenexeca.

6. Who does Ella sue in the Parisian courts?
(a) Charles Washburn.
(b) Dr. Stewart.
(c) Dr. Mastermind.
(d) Dr. Kennedy.

7. How does Franco die?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is executed by the Brazilian courts.
(c) He is stabbed to death.
(d) He is drowned.

8. Who tells Benigno of the plan to overthrow Franco?
(a) Dr. Mastermind.
(b) Dr. Kennedy.
(c) Ella.
(d) Charles Washburn.

9. Which of the following characters is struck by lightning but manages to survive?
(a) Rosaria.
(b) Dona Ines.
(c) Ella.
(d) Franco.

10. How does Dona Dolores' husband die?
(a) He was killed in the battle against Brazil.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He was accidentally poisoned.
(d) He suffered from dysentery.

11. Where is General MacMahon recalled to after the fall of Asuncion?
(a) New York.
(b) Michigan.
(c) California.
(d) Washington.

12. How does Baron von Fischer-Truenfeld woo Ella?
(a) By taking her to play crouquet in the park.
(b) By taking her swimming in the sea.
(c) By taking her horseback riding.
(d) By taking her to eat at fancy restaurants.

13. At the time when the Brazilian steamers arrive in Asuncion, how many cannons does the city have to protect itself with?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

14. Where does Ella bury Franco's body?
(a) Back at the Obispo Cue.
(b) In the garden of their estate in Paraguay.
(c) By the river bed where he died.
(d) She scattered his ashes in the sea.

15. Shortly after Ella arrives in Paris, what war breaks out?
(a) The Great French War.
(b) The Franco-Prussian War.
(c) The Second Hundred Years War.
(d) The Anglo-Martha War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following animals does NOT live in the swamps where Pancho has stationed his men?

2. What military implement does Lieutenant Major George Thompson build at Curupayty?

3. Who does Ella take with her to Caacupe to rob the statues?

4. How many Brazilian steamers arrive in Asuncion on the day that the people begin to riot?

5. Which character is described as being "appealed" with the wasted golden opportunity for the Brazilians?

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