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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 "Tangled Legs," what is China Iron's reaction to many of the military customs she encounters?
(a) She thinks that they were probably learned from the British.
(b) She admires their discipline and forward-thinking.
(c) She hopes that Martín Fierro is as uncomfortable as the soldiers at the fort seem to be.
(d) She is confused and finds them meaningless.

2. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who is Miss Daisy?
(a) The Colonel's deceased wife.
(b) A schoolteacher on the estancia.
(c) A woman that Rosario has begun a relationship with.
(d) One of the Colonel's servants.

3. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the name of the Colonel who is in charge at the fort?
(a) Ruiz.
(b) Hernández.
(c) Moreno.
(d) García.

4. In "La China Isn't a Name," when China Iron mentions someday wearing gaucho pants, what literary technique is being used?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Metaphor.

5. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what does Hernández declare is his "purpose in life" (87)?
(a) Bringing trains to Argentina.
(b) To create better working conditions for the gauchos.
(c) Becoming the President of Argentina.
(d) To make Liz comfortable in Argentina.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," how does the narrator indicate time passing rapidly?

2. What Biblical allusion does China Iron make in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?

3. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what realization does China Iron have about the tea she is drinking?

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

5. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what happens to China Iron's two sons after her husband is conscripted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe China Iron's life before she leaves on her journey with Liz.

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

3. In "The Wagon," what practical and personal reasons does China Iron believe Liz has for taking her along on her journey?

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

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

6. In "Tangled Legs," why does China Iron feel isolated and wounded on their first morning at the estancia?

7. What metaphor does China Iron use to describe the Colonel's vomit in In "Colors Become Detached from Their Objects," and what is its significance?

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

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

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

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