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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 Colonel Estigarribia do after watching half his troops get slaughtered at the Rio Grande?
(a) He surrenders.
(b) He sends the other half of his troops in for backup.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) He retreats back to Paraguay.

2. Where does Ella bury Franco's body?
(a) By the river bed where he died.
(b) In the garden of their estate in Paraguay.
(c) Back at the Obispo Cue.
(d) She scattered his ashes in the sea.

3. What freak weather occurs when Ella is looting the statues?
(a) A hailstorm.
(b) A sandstorm.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A flash flood.

4. What is General Diaz's position in Franco's army?
(a) Chief of Staff.
(b) Secretary of Defense.
(c) Commander in Chief.
(d) Lieutenant Major.

5. Why is Dr. Mastermind arrested?
(a) For letting General Diaz die.
(b) He is given no reason for his arrest.
(c) For treason.
(d) For stealing medical supplies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Maria Oliva's dead body wrapped in while it awaits preparations?

3. Where is General MacMahon recalled to after the fall of Asuncion?

4. What tribe do the indigenous Indians of Paraguay belong to?

5. How long is Dr. Mastermind kept in his jail cell?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Pancho die?

3. How does Franco die?

4. What conflict does Ella undertake when she decides she wants to leave Franco?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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