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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives best describes General Diaz?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Ill-prepared.

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

3. Which of the following animals does NOT live in the swamps where Pancho has stationed his men?
(a) Vampire bats.
(b) Crocodiles.
(c) Pirahna.
(d) Poisonous snakes.

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a punishment that Franco's sisters must endure?
(a) Being publically whipped.
(b) Being starved.
(c) Watching their husbands' excecutions.
(d) Having their dresses pulled over their heads in public.

6. Which of the following characters manages to coax Mathilde back into health?
(a) Ella.
(b) Rosaria.
(c) Pancho.
(d) Dona Ines.

7. What is Maria Oliva's dead body wrapped in while it awaits preparations?
(a) Medical gauze.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Silk fabric.
(d) Potato sacks.

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

9. What does Alonzo Taylor do for a living at Obispo Cue?
(a) He is a stone worker.
(b) He is a musician.
(c) He is a pool boy.
(d) He is a gardener.

10. How many men does Franco foolishly lose during his battle in the marshes?
(a) 6000.
(b) 60.
(c) 6.
(d) 600.

11. What does Franco do when he realizes his forces have collapsed?
(a) He continues to fight for himself.
(b) He surrenders.
(c) He retreats on horseback.
(d) He kills himself.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Colonel Estigarribia do after watching half his troops get slaughtered at the Rio Grande?

2. Which of the following characters are NOT jailed together in San Fernando?

3. Who tells Benigno of the plan to overthrow Franco?

4. Who does Charles Washburn think is ill-prepared to deal with arrest and torture?

5. What is General Diaz doing when he is hit during the torpedo strike?

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