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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 descriptions does NOT describe the state of Mathilde when the family reaches the Aquidaban River?
(a) Starving.
(b) Covered in sores.
(c) Weak.
(d) Brittle-boned.

2. When Franco escapes the fall of Piribebuy, how many men are in his ragtag army?
(a) 5000.
(b) 100.
(c) 500.
(d) 1000.

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

4. Why are the horses of the Paraguayan Army dying?
(a) Because they all have rabies.
(b) Because they have no pastures to graze in.
(c) Because they have no water.
(d) Because they are unable to reproduce.

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

6. What card game does Benigno regularly play when he returns home from exile?
(a) Rummy.
(b) Poker.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Whist.

7. What is General Diaz doing when he is hit during the torpedo strike?
(a) Rowing his canoe.
(b) Fishing on a bridge.
(c) Eating at the mess hall.
(d) Sleeping in his bed.

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

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

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

11. When do the allied forces make a pact to fight until?
(a) Franco Lopez is dead.
(b) Franco Lopez is out of power.
(c) Paraguay falls from power.
(d) Paraguay merges back into one land with Uraguay.

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

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

14. Who does Ella take with her to Caacupe to rob the statues?
(a) The doctor.
(b) A priest.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pancho begin collecting from the enemy soldiers killed in battle?

2. Where is General Diaz injured during the torpedo strike?

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

4. How does Franco celebrate the victory at Curupayty?

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

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