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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 the opening of "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," what is China Iron learning about?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Deduction.
(c) Abstraction.
(d) Perspective.

2. In "British Science," what is an ombú?
(a) A reptile like a small crocodile.
(b) A large tree.
(c) A burrowing mammal.
(d) A flightless bird.

3. When Liz and China Iron meet Rosario in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what is he carrying?
(a) A lamb.
(b) A rope.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A bottle of whisky.

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," how does China Iron end up getting married?
(a) She falls in love with a passing gaucho.
(b) She runs away.
(c) El Negro loses her in a poker game.
(d) La Negra throws her out of the house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "La China Isn't a Name," what does China Iron see for the first time?

2. In "Do Come In, My Dear," by what name is China Iron introduced?

3. In "La China Isn't a Name," how does Liz react to learning that China Iron does not have her own name?

4. Who is Martín Fierro?

5. In "Do Come In, My Dear," how does Hernández refer to England?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does China Iron get her name, and where do its parts come from?

3. In "Suspended in the Air," what is the rhetorical purpose of the extended discussion of vizcachas?

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

5. In "Tangled Legs," what does the recitation of the poem imply about the Colonel's identity, and how is this implication confirmed?

6. In "A Prophet With a Paintbrush," what motive for coming to Argentina does Liz reveal?

7. In "Tangled Legs," what are Rosario's complaints about how he has to live while at the estancia?

8. In "The Wagon," how is it that China Iron says she knows that her story is true?

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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