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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship does Carmencita have with Carlos?

2. Why is Marie delirious during her last days of life?

3. What does Ella find most attractive about Franco?

4. Where do Paraguayan forces find their first set of Brazilians to imprison?

5. What animal does Franco study in order to learn how to swim?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Franco's relationship with his family?

2. What happens when Franco and Ella try to have their son baptized?

3. What work does Dr. Mastermind do while the Paraguayan forces are at battle with Brazil?

4. What does the U.S. government think of the Lopez dynasty?

5. How does Franco take to his new political power?

6. What is life like for Ella and Dimitri before he leaves to fight in the war?

7. What is Ella's life like leading up to her time in Paris?

8. How does Pancho treat his younger brother Carlos while they are playing in the garden?

9. How does Franco spend his time wooing Ella?

10. How is Juan Francisco welcomed into the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, Ella finds herself "haunted" by the ghost of the Brazilian soldier she killed. Explain the circumstances of the murder and then explain how this event irrevocably changed Ella's character.

Essay Topic 2

During the war with Brazil, Franco acts very selfishly in regards to the people of his land. Choose two examples of times that Franco puts himself before the people of his land, and explain how these decisions wreaked havoc on the people and land that he was supposed to be protecting.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the course of the novel, three medical characters are introduced in the form of three different doctors. Name and describe all three doctors and then compare and contrast their medical practices. Finally, what effect do each of these doctors have on Ella's life throughout the novel?

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