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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what does Hernández declare is his "purpose in life" (87)?
(a) To create better working conditions for the gauchos.
(b) Becoming the President of Argentina.
(c) To make Liz comfortable in Argentina.
(d) Bringing trains to Argentina.

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

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

5. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," what do China Iron and Liz see whenever it rains?
(a) Bones.
(b) Flood water.
(c) Worms.
(d) Flowers.

6. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz do that surprises and pleases China Iron?
(a) Cuts her hair short.
(b) Kisses her.
(c) Gives China her own gun.
(d) Feeds her own food to Estreya.

7. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does Hernández suggest might have deterred the gauchos from their crime in the first place?
(a) If they had been white, they might not have committed such a crime.
(b) If Miss Daisy had been a nicer teacher, they might not have committed the crime.
(c) If they had not all been so drunk, they might not have committed the crime.
(d) If Miss Daisy had not been so pretty, they might not have committed the crime.

8. In "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," how does the idea of dragons in the pampas make China Iron feel?
(a) Amused.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Safe.

9. In "The Morbid Light of Dead Men's Bones," what does Liz say about China Iron's people?
(a) She says that they do not understand death.
(b) She calls them savages.
(c) She calls them murderers.
(d) She says that they are less intelligent than the British.

10. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what is the most shocking thing that Hernández accuses the gauchos of?
(a) Vandalism.
(b) Incest.
(c) Theft.
(d) Murder.

11. In "An Orphan's Fate," why does the landowner's son kill Rosario's horse?
(a) Rosario stole his girlfriend.
(b) Rosario threatened him.
(c) It threw him.
(d) It kicked him.

12. In "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what does Rosario say he is looking for?
(a) Someone to travel with.
(b) A place to live with his cattle.
(c) The fort where his brother was taken.
(d) His mother's grave.

13. In "We Come from Dust," what does China Iron realize that Liz is afraid of?
(a) Indians.
(b) Her--China Iron.
(c) Running out of water and food.
(d) Being swallowed up by the pampas.

14. In the opening of "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," to what does the Colonel compare the Indians?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Dragons.
(c) Demons.
(d) Dogs.

15. At the end of "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what causes China Iron to draw her knife?
(a) She thinks that Liz is in danger.
(b) The Colonel refers to her as a "lady."
(c) She is jealous of the way the Colonel and Liz seem to be flirting.
(d) One of the gauchos makes a pass at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what crime is Miss Daisy the victim of?

2. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," who does China Iron reveal will later kill El Negro?

3. In "British Science," what has China Iron begun to call Rosario?

4. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does the Colonel claim to embody?

5. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz compare their journey to?

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