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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," why do the travelers not know where to stop their wagon?
(a) They are not sure if they will be attacked for stopping too near the encampment.
(b) The ground seems too muddy to stop on without getting stuck.
(c) Different Indians gesture to them to stop in different places.
(d) They cannot identify a tent that seems to belong to a leader.

2. In "As If the Milky Way Began or Ended Right There in Her Hands," when China Iron mentions how much Kaukalitrán will love the black-plumed chickens, what literary technique is being used?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Personification.

3. In "The Whip and the Rod," what is Campo Malo"?
(a) A nearby Indian encampment.
(b) This is what the gauchos call the fort.
(c) The place where gauchos are tortured and imprisoned.
(d) A rival fort that the Colonel is going to attack.

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

5. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what is the name of the lagoon?
(a) Kutral-Có.
(b) Kaukalitrán.
(c) Catriel.
(d) Millaray.

6. By what name does the indigenous community China Iron lives with call itself?
(a) Guarani.
(b) Winka.
(c) Iñchiñ.
(d) Ñande.

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

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

9. According to Liz in "Punch and Whisky," what kind of food is curry?
(a) Argentine.
(b) African.
(c) English.
(d) American.

10. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what does Martín reveal about Raúl?
(a) Raúl is the one who suggested the card game.
(b) Raúl was his lover.
(c) Raúl tried to kill Martín.
(d) El Negro is the one who killed Raúl.

11. In "An Erratic Flight," what is the literal reason that the travelers get rid of some of their possessions?
(a) Some of their clothing and blankets are contaminated.
(b) All of them are trying to leave their past behind.
(c) They need to lighten the load the wagon is carrying.
(d) They need room in the wagon for more water.

12. On page 120 of "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does the Colonel call a "plague that all these starving peasants are trying to bring over from Europe"?
(a) Labor Unions.
(b) Universal suffrage.
(c) Modern industry.
(d) Communism.

13. In "The Whip and the Rod," what is the "beef roll"?
(a) A game involving cattle.
(b) The Colonel's favorite dish.
(c) An execution method.
(d) Cattle theft from neighboring estancias.

14. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what reason does the Colonel give for allowing Martín to sing to the workers?
(a) He wanted to hear the songs so that he could turn them into poems and sell them.
(b) Martín's semi-literate verses amused him because they were so rough and crude.
(c) Keeping the gauchos happy is important because they outnumber the soldiers.
(d) Martín was not useful for other kinds of work.

15. In "But We Don't Have Any Weapons," what is different about the area where the community decides to relocate?
(a) It is much flatter.
(b) It is dominated by water.
(c) It is much colder.
(d) It is dominated by sand dunes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Punch and Whisky," why are the officers avoiding Liz?

2. In "But We Don't Have Any Weapons," where does the community decide to relocate to?

3. While they are still traveling in "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," when does the group expect to see "their" gauchos again?

4. In "The Whip and the Rod," who first tells China Iron and Liz about the gaucho poet?

5. Who is asking for China Iron's forgiveness in "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now"?

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