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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Punch and Whisky," why does Liz use lemons and oranges to make her punch?
(a) There is no other fruit at the estancia.
(b) They will hide how much alcohol she is adding.
(c) They are Hernández's favorites.
(d) They are specifically mentioned in "El Gaucho Martín Fierro."

2. In the beginning of "An Erratic Flight," what is China Iron conveying with her list of colors?
(a) Earlier in her journey she was too anxious to notice the beauty of her surroundings.
(b) Now that she is more experienced in the world, she appreciates diversity more.
(c) The hilly area they have entered is much more colorful than the plains they came from.
(d) Butterflies are much more colorful than birds.

3. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does the word "Winka" refer to?
(a) Gauchos.
(b) Outsiders.
(c) Indians.
(d) White people.

4. In "As If the Milky Way Began or Ended Right There in Her Hands," how does China Iron react to Liz's story about her final conversation with the Colonel?
(a) She thinks that Liz might have been happier to stay at the fort and is afraid for their future.
(b) She realizes that Liz was only pretending to like the Colonel's ideas the whole time at the fort.
(c) She wonders if she really knows Liz as well as she thinks she does.
(d) She feels like Liz is being distant and acting like they have never been intimate.

5. In "The Earth Croaked," what literary technique is employed when China Iron says that "The rainbow had one leg shorter than the other" (145)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Personification.
(d) Foreshadowing.

6. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what symbolizes China Iron's and Martín's new gender identities?
(a) Their hair.
(b) Their households.
(c) Their body paint.
(d) Their names.

7. Who rescues Martín from the Colonel's estancia?
(a) An unnamed gaucho.
(b) Kauka.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Cruz.

8. To what does China Iron compare the pampas when they leave the fort in "Frothing like Foam"?
(a) The froth in a cup of mate.
(b) Tea.
(c) The sea.
(d) The desert sand.

9. In "I Wish You Could See Us," what characteristic of the community's traveling does China Iron stress?
(a) It is desperate.
(b) It is constant.
(c) It is swift.
(d) It is stealthy.

10. What is the result of all of the drinking at the party in In "Punch and Whisky"?
(a) Rosario's cattle escape.
(b) Everyone ends up having sex.
(c) Nearly 200 men desert the fort.
(d) China Iron realizes that Liz does not have her best interests at heart.

11. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what does Liz give China Iron?
(a) The oxen from the wagon.
(b) The wagon that they traveled in together.
(c) A china teapot.
(d) The diamond ring.

12. In "But We Don't Have Any Weapons," China Iron talks about growing plants on "wampos" piled with earth. Where are these plants growing?
(a) On mountainsides.
(b) In trees.
(c) On rafts.
(d) In tents.

13. In "As If the Milky Way Began or Ended Right There in Her Hands," what does China Iron say they will arrive at the Indian encampment "armed with" (143)?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Transparency.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Civilization.

14. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," how long does it take the travelers to notice that they are being tracked by the Indians?
(a) A week.
(b) They notice immediately.
(c) Two days.
(d) They never notice.

15. In "The Whip and the Rod," who first tells China Iron and Liz about the gaucho poet?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) The Little Daisies.
(c) Rosario.
(d) Miss Daisy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what does Oscar say made him doubt the Colonel's claims about progress in Argentina?

2. In "Punch and Whisky," what promise does China Iron make to Estreya?

3. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what is the inside of Martín's home decorated with?

4. In "The Whip and the Rod," what is Campo Malo"?

5. Who is in charge of punishing gauchos at the fort?

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