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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," from whom has China Iron heard terrifying stories about Indian raids?
(a) The old people at her former settlement.
(b) Rosario.
(c) Liz.
(d) Martín Fierro.

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

3. How old was Rosario when he left home?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what happens to China Iron's two sons after her husband is conscripted?
(a) They both fall ill and die.
(b) Her husband insists that they go with him.
(c) She leaves them with La Negra.
(d) She leaves them in the care of a neighbor couple.

5. In "I Climaxed Too," what dynamic between China Iron and Liz is revealed?
(a) Liz is only attracted to the more feminine aspects of China Iron's personality.
(b) China Iron is too innocent to understand Liz's intentions.
(c) China Iron has been secretly manipulating Liz's emotions.
(d) Liz dominates and controls their relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "British Science," as China Iron lays awake at night, what idea occurs to her for the first time?

2. In In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what does Liz say makes scones taste better?

3. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," to what does China Iron compare the Indians they are following?

4. In "A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what do the travelers see being constructed outside the fort?

5. Who is Martín Fierro?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," why do they brand the cattle, and how is it accomplished?

2. In "I Was Burning My Bridges," who is Raúl, and what happens to him?

3. In "The Wagon," what does China Iron discover about the dust and Liz's feelings about it?

4. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," what observations does China Iron make about the gauchos' attitude toward Indians and whites?

5. In "Under the British Empire," what does Liz teach China Iron about Britain and why is it so confusing to China Iron?

6. In "British Science," what book does Liz read to China Iron, and what odd conclusion does it lead China Iron to?

7. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what ideas about the gauchos does the Colonel express?

8. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what is the punishment that Miss Daisy devises for the men who attacked her?

9. In "An Orphan's Fate," what does Rosario do after he kills the landowner's son?

10. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," what causes China Iron to become so protective of her clothing, Liz, and Estreya?

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