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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. During what month does Ella write a letter rebuking Franco's sisters to Mathilde?

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

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

4. Which of the following characters is NOT one of Ella's ladies in waiting?

5. What small animal is also aboard the steamer and acts as a constant annoyance to Ella?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Ella decide to leave the steamer and continue her travels on horseback?

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

5. Who is Carmencita, and what is her relationship to Franco?

6. What unexpected troubles arise for Franco when he declares war against Brazil?

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

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

9. What is the Obispo Cue?

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

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

Franco was arguably a terrible father to his children. Choose two of Franco's children and explain the negative effects that he had on their upbringing. How might the lives of the Lopez children have been altered if they were raised without Franco in their lives?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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