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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While they are still traveling in "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," when does the group expect to see "their" gauchos again?
(a) When the gauchos stop to let them catch up.
(b) At the estancia.
(c) In the Indian encampment.
(d) Never.

2. In "The Earth Croaked," what does the presence of flamingos and herons tell China Iron?
(a) There is a lagoon ahead.
(b) A storm is coming.
(c) The Indians are close by.
(d) It is the end of summer.

3. In "You Fucking Whore!" how many men are murdered by jealous gauchos?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 31.
(d) 3.

4. In "As If the Milky Way Began or Ended Right There in Her Hands," why does China Iron look forward to the rain?
(a) Because she loves the science of the lightening rod.
(b) Because they are nearly out of drinking water.
(c) Because it will make the pampas bloom with wildflowers.
(d) Because she can be alone with Liz in the wagon.

5. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what name does China Iron learn for the wind?
(a) Nahuela.
(b) Kutral-Có.
(c) Paraná.
(d) Mewlen.

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

7. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what is a "two-spirit"?
(a) A person who is haunted by a dead loved one.
(b) A person who is born a twin.
(c) A person who is caught between two cultures.
(d) A person who does not fit into traditional gender categories.

8. 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) Personification.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Foreshadowing.

9. What new information does China Iron learn about Martín in "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer"?
(a) Martín is actually the son of a landowner.
(b) Martín has killed several more people than she already knew about.
(c) Martín has engaged in homosexual sex.
(d) Martín is headed back to the settlement to find her.

10. In "Goodbye Colonel," what reason does the Colonel give for lying about the Indians?
(a) His own first wife was killed by Indians.
(b) The Indians are illiterate and will never know the difference.
(c) Fear of the Indians is what props up the military budget and power.
(d) Argentina needs their land and needs to use them as a common enemy.

11. In "Punch and Whisky," why does China Iron spend the day listening to the Colonel's drunken ramblings?
(a) She is interested in his ideas about the Argentine economy.
(b) He physically prevents her from leaving him.
(c) Liz has told her to keep the Colonel occupied.
(d) She is trying to figure out how to get justice for her family.

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

13. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron say is the only thing the group can do while traveling through Indian Territory?
(a) Plan their defense in case of attack.
(b) Pray.
(c) Sing.
(d) Confront the Indians about their tracking.

14. In "But We Don't Have Any Weapons," why is China Iron's new community concerned about their lack of weaponry?
(a) They are concerned about a raid by neighboring Tehuelche people.
(b) They know that the Argentine army is going to attack them.
(c) They need a way to hunt more effectively.
(d) Some of them want to attack and take over the Colonel's fort.

15. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what claim does the Colonel make about Buenos Aires?
(a) It is too far away to matter to the life of the estancias.
(b) It is a parasite on the work of the estancias.
(c) The estancias could not function without the business done in Buenos Aires.
(d) The taxes that he pays to the city should result in more help fighting the Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Goodbye Colonel," when Liz asks where the Colonel thinks her husband is, what is his ultimate conclusion?

2. In "Punch and Whisky," what secret does Liz reveal to China Iron?

3. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what noise does the group first hear from the Indians?

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

5. How did Martín's gaucho lover die?

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