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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. Who writes the letter to Franco declaring him President of Paraguay?

2. Which adjective does Franco use to describe his sisters?

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

4. What material is being used, for the first time in Paraguay, to build the Obispo Cue?

5. What does Ella decide to name her newborn son?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Isabella de Braganza, and what is her relationship to Franco?

2. How does Ella respond to Marie after Marie suffers her terrible injury?

3. Who is Corinna Adelaida, and what is the response to her life?

4. Who is Frederick Mastermind?

5. How is Ella treated when visiting the opera house Franco has built?

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

7. What happens during the 101-gun salute to Juan Francisco?

8. What happens to the groom that Ella hired to care for Mathilde?

9. How do Franco's sisters treat Ella upon her arrival to Paraguay?

10. What accident befalls Marie while riding horseback to Paraguay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Ella has an interesting relationship with her servant, Marie, that changes over the course of the novel. Explain the changing relationship that Ella has with Marie, and choose two defining incidents that forever changed the relationship between the two women. Explain the outcome of each incident.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Dr. Henry Kennedy and explain the impact that he had on Ella's life. How does his short presence in the novel change the relationship that Ella has with Franco?

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