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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 does Franco put in charge of ground forces in Brazil?

2. What does Ella find most attractive about Franco?

3. After a quick questioning, what ailment does Dr. Mastermind discover that Maria Olivia is suffering from?

4. What does Charles Washburn think of the Lopez dynasty?

5. How does Ella decide to travel after leaving the steamer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Franco's first act of power in the presidency?

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

5. How do Ella and Franco plan to make the trip to Buenos Ayres, and what is their reaction to the journey?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Franco do directly upon arriving to Buenos Ayres?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ella and Franco had very different childhoods that inevitably led them to each other. Compare and contrast the childhoods that these characters had, and explain how their upbringings irrevocably altered their relationship.

Essay Topic 2

Pancho grew up to be a man exactly like his father. Choose two examples of moments in his life when Pancho behaved in a way that Franco might have, and explain where Pancho learned his unemotional behaviors.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, both Franco and Ella take lovers during their relationship with one another.

Part 1.) Create a list of characters who were taken as lovers by both Ella and Franco.

Part 2.) Compare and contrast the reasons why Franco and Ella took lovers, and what their emotional states were during the affairs.

Part 3.) Explain the effect that the affairs and lovers had on Franco and Ella's relationship with each other and the lives of their children.

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