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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 adjectives best describes Franco's state of mind when he reaches the Aquidaban River?

2. What is General Robles' response to the swift defeat of the Paraguayan Navy at Riachuelto?

3. How does Franco witness the battles at Curupayty?

4. Where is Curupayty in relation to Humaita?

5. Whose spirit haunts Ella into her old age?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pancho behave when he leaves his home and joins his father at Humaita?

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

3. How does General Diaz die?

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. How does Dr. Mastermind spend his days in prison?

6. What does Dr. Mastermind realize about Franco's hospitals in Humaita?

7. How does Franco die?

8. What fate befalls Alonzo Taylor's family after he escapes on a British ship?

9. What has happened to Ella's belongings when she and her children return to Paris?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mathilde, Ella's horse, is a powerful symbol in Ella's life. Explain the way that Ella's horse earned its name and what the relationship to the horse means to Ella.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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