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

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

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

4. Which of the following is NOT an ailment affecting the wounded in the hospitals of Humaita?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Measles.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Scarlet fever.

5. When Ella returns to Paris, where does she hear that Princess Mathilde is living?
(a) Nice.
(b) Croatia.
(c) Brussels.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Franco witness the battles at Curupayty?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Franco treat Benigno and Saturnino after their arrest for treason?

2. What reaction waves through the women of Paraguay when Franco demands that they hand over their jewelry in support of the war against Brazil?

3. What fate befalls Alonzo Taylor's family after he escapes on a British ship?

4. What happens when Ella and her children are sent to relocate to the small town of Pikysyry?

5. Who is Baron von Fischer-Treunfeld?

6. How does Benigno spend his days when he returns home from exile?

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

8. What happens to Maria Olivia after the doctor realizes she is ill?

9. How does General Diaz die?

10. What befalls the "traitors" in the Lopez family after their arrest?

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