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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ella returns to Paris, where does she hear that Princess Mathilde is living?

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

3. What is the name of the American General who is sent to guide Ella and her children to Pikysyry?

4. Where does Ella bury Franco's body?

5. Shortly after Ella arrives in Paris, what war breaks out?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does General Diaz die?

2. What effect does General Diaz have on Franco's troops?

3. How does Dr. Mastermind spend his days in prison?

4. What does Alonzo Taylor witness while marching in the prison lines?

5. What has happened to Ella's belongings when she and her children return to Paris?

6. How does Pancho die?

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

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

9. What happens when the entire Paraguayan fleet is sent to capture the Brazilian fleet in Riacheulto?

10. How does Pancho behave when he leaves his home and joins his father at Humaita?

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