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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. Which of the following characters is typically the only one to parent Franco's sons?

2. Which of the following groups of people are NOT considered a threat by Franco?

3. What do many of the Paraguayan soldiers suffer from due to their diet?

4. What does Dona Ines' father do for a living?

5. What country does Henry Kennedy come to Buenos Ayres from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Dona Ines?

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

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

4. Why does Franco keep a frog in a basin in his bedroom?

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

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

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

8. Why does Franco declare war against Brazil?

9. What events does Franco partake in while at the border of Argentina, in Cerro Leon?

10. How do the Paraguayan forces conduct themselves in battle with Brazil?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

U.S. Commander-in-Chief Charles Washburn has a very special relationship with Dr. Mastermind by the end of the novel. Explain how Charles Washburn affected Dr. Mastermind's life and death, and then explain how Washburn felt after becoming so intertwined with the doctor's fate.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Arrogance proved to be one of the most dangerous attributes for a character in this novel to have. Choose two characters who were particularly arrogant and give two examples of each of their arrogant behaviors. Finally, explain how the arrogance that infested these characters' live affected them in their deaths.

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