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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. What is Elizabeth's husband's name?
(a) Francisco.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Jacob.

2. How does Liz try to make sure that they will be safe at the fort?
(a) She coaches China Iron and Rosario in what to say.
(b) She forges a letter from an official in Buenos Aires.
(c) She dresses everyone in English clothing.
(d) She puts together a stack of presents and money to use as bribes.

3. In "La China Isn't a Name," how does Liz react to learning that China Iron does not have her own name?
(a) She says that China's people are savages.
(b) She cries.
(c) She tells China that she must have misunderstood.
(d) She laughs and shrugs.

4. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what is the most shocking thing that Hernández accuses the gauchos of?
(a) Incest.
(b) Theft.
(c) Murder.
(d) Vandalism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," who does China Iron reveal will later kill El Negro?

2. Who is Juan Manuel de Rosas?

3. In "Suspended in the Air," what wakes China Iron in the middle of the night?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "By Dint of Force," what is Liz's theory about Great Britain's reaction to its geography?

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

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

5. In "Tangled Legs," why does China Iron compare the ditch to a branding iron?

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

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

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

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

10. How is China Iron finally freed from her husband and family?

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