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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 have the Lopez children been forced to leave behind as they flee to San Fernando?
(a) Their toys.
(b) Their wet nurses.
(c) Their pets.
(d) Their money.

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

3. Which of the following adjectives best describes Franco's state of mind when he reaches the Aquidaban River?
(a) Calm.
(b) Focused.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Irrational.

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

5. When Ella is peacefully riding through Piribebuy, what does she hear that takes her attention away from the peacefulness of the journey?
(a) She hears a man get shot.
(b) She hears a dog being beaten.
(c) She hears a baby being born.
(d) She hears an old woman weeping.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Curupayty in relation to Humaita?

3. How does Ella defend herself against the native Brazilian that attacks her while she is traveling?

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

5. What card game does Benigno regularly play when he returns home from exile?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dr. Mastermind do upon his release from prison?

3. What happens when Ella realizes that her horse, Mathilde, is dying by the banks of the Aquidaban River?

4. What happens when Ella and Padre Fidel Maiz visit the statues at Caacupe?

5. How does Pancho die?

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

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

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

9. What does Dr. Mastermind realize about Franco's hospitals in Humaita?

10. Who is Baron von Fischer-Treunfeld?

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