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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. Where does Ella bury Franco's body?

2. What military implement does Lieutenant Major George Thompson build at Curupayty?

3. How does Ella defend herself against the native Brazilian that attacks her while she is traveling?

4. When do the allied forces make a pact to fight until?

5. Who does Charles Washburn think is ill-prepared to deal with arrest and torture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Ella realizes that her horse, Mathilde, is dying by the banks of the Aquidaban River?

2. What happens when the entire Paraguayan fleet is sent to capture the Brazilian fleet in Riacheulto?

3. What conflict does Ella undertake when she decides she wants to leave Franco?

4. What reaction waves through the women of Paraguay when Franco demands that they hand over their jewelry in support of the war against Brazil?

5. What happens when Franco foolishly loses 6,000 men in the marshes of Humaita?

6. What happens to Maria Olivia after the doctor realizes she is ill?

7. How does Benigno spend his days when he returns home from exile?

8. What happens when Ella and Padre Fidel Maiz visit the statues at Caacupe?

9. What effect does General Diaz have on Franco's troops?

10. Who is Baron von Fischer-Treunfeld?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role that Rosaria plays in the upbringing of little Juan Francisco and use that experience to compare and contrast Rosaria's mothering techniques with Ella's mothering techniques to her firstborn son.

Essay Topic 2

Franco has a long history of abusing his power when it comes to women. Choose one woman from Franco's past, either in his family or romantic history, and explain how his relationship with her signals to the reader how he will eventually come to treat Ella.

Essay Topic 3

The Paraguayan people proved to be the strongest characters in the novel. Explain the trauma that the Paraguayan people succumbed to and then explain how they proved to be resilient even in the face of extreme adversity.

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