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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Do Come In, My Dear," how does Hernández refer to England?
(a) Old Blighty.
(b) Old Dart.
(c) Land of Hope and Glory.
(d) Fair Albion.

2. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," how long have Liz and China Iron been traveling?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 5 months.

3. In "Tangled Legs," what word does the Colonel use to refer to his female servants?
(a) Larvae.
(b) Parasites.
(c) China.
(d) Ladies.

4. What is the "mate" referred to at the end of "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?
(a) A partner.
(b) A breakfast porridge.
(c) A caffeine-rich beverage.
(d) A mortar and pestle.

5. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," which indigenous group are China Iron and the others traveling towards?
(a) Guaraní.
(b) Charrúa.
(c) Tehuelche.
(d) Quechua.

6. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," China Iron's husband is "conscripted." What happens to him?
(a) He is seriously injured by a horse.
(b) He is drowned in the flooded river.
(c) He is jailed for a debt.
(d) He is forced into service in the army.

7. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," who does China Iron reveal will later kill El Negro?
(a) The estancia foreman.
(b) La Negra.
(c) Martín.
(d) China Iron.

8. In "British Science," to what does China Iron compare Argentina?
(a) A china (woman).
(b) A womb.
(c) A cow.
(d) A gaucho.

9. What does the chapter title "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin" refer to?
(a) The constant glare of the sun.
(b) The dust that China Iron and Liz are always battling.
(c) The new language and customs that China Iron is gradually learning.
(d) The new fabrics that China Iron has become used to.

10. In "British Science," what book does Liz read aloud?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Jane Eyre.
(c) Frankenstein.
(d) Don Quixote.

11. When is the spring in Argentina?
(a) September through November.
(b) December through February.
(c) March through May.
(d) June through August.

12. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," how do China Iron and Liz navigate?
(a) Using a compass.
(b) Using the stars.
(c) Using a map.
(d) Using markers on the land itself.

13. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," how does the narrator indicate time passing rapidly?
(a) She tells how tall she was when she left and how tall she was when she arrived.
(b) She describes the many books she has learned how to read.
(c) She describes the wagon traveling through a map of the pampas.
(d) She offers a montage of scenes from their travels.

14. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does the Colonel say about the mixed ancestry of the gauchos?
(a) Their loyalties are always divided.
(b) They did not inherit the best qualities of either race.
(c) They represent both the past and the future of Argentina.
(d) They are a new kind of man.

15. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who begs Hernández to spare the lives of the gauchos who victimized Miss Daisy?
(a) The gauchos' mothers.
(b) The gauchos' wives.
(c) Miss Daisy.
(d) Hernández's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. In"A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what is the name of the fort?

2. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what name does China Iron give her dog?

3. In "An Orphan's Fate," who is the first man that Rosario kills?

4. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is China Iron most pleased to see inside the wagon?

5. About how old is China Iron when she gets married?

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