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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many generals does Franco put in charge of his troops at the Rio Grande?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. What military implement does Lieutenant Major George Thompson build at Curupayty?
(a) Docks.
(b) Watchtowers.
(c) Trenches.
(d) Forts.

3. Whose spirit haunts Ella into her old age?
(a) Maria.
(b) The Brazilian soldier.
(c) Franco.
(d) Her dead daughter.

4. What does Pancho begin collecting from the enemy soldiers killed in battle?
(a) Their ears.
(b) Locks of their hair.
(c) Their dog tags.
(d) Their shoes.

5. How many Brazilian steamers arrive in Asuncion on the day that the people begin to riot?
(a) Fifity.
(b) Five.
(c) Fivteen.
(d) Five hundred.

6. What is the man sent across the river from Argentina suffering from?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Small pox.

7. Which of the following creatures does NOT infest Dr. Mastermind's cell?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Scorpions.
(c) Toads.
(d) Maggots.

8. Which character arranges for Dr. Mastermind's release from prison?
(a) Charles Washburn.
(b) Dona Ines.
(c) Baron von Fischer-Truenfeld.
(d) Ella Lynch.

9. What city does Ella tell her children about while they are watching the executions?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Paris.
(c) Neverland.
(d) Barcelona.

10. What do believers donate to the statues at Caacupe?
(a) Precious metals.
(b) Gold coins.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Blood.

11. Who finds Maria Olivia's dead body?
(a) Frederico.
(b) Dona Ines.
(c) Pancho.
(d) Ella.

12. How does Franco witness the battles at Curupayty?
(a) By fighting on the front lines with his men.
(b) By cowering behind boulders.
(c) He reads about the battles in field reports.
(d) He watches through field glasses.

13. What does Franco give to Ella when she arrives at Humaita?
(a) A violin.
(b) A piano.
(c) A harmonica.
(d) A flute.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the city of San Fernando surrounded by?

2. What does Franco have his brothers arrested for?

3. Why do the Paraguayan forces refuse to fight alongside the indigenous Indians of the land?

4. What does Franco build on the only high ground of Humaita?

5. When Franco escapes the fall of Piribebuy, how many men are in his ragtag army?

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