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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 "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who begs Hernández to spare the lives of the gauchos who victimized Miss Daisy?
(a) Hernández's wife.
(b) The gauchos' mothers.
(c) The gauchos' wives.
(d) Miss Daisy.

2. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz do that surprises and pleases China Iron?
(a) Gives China her own gun.
(b) Feeds her own food to Estreya.
(c) Cuts her hair short.
(d) Kisses her.

3. What is the meaning of China Iron's dog's name?
(a) Iron.
(b) Star.
(c) Gold.
(d) Home.

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

5. In "Dressed to the Nines," what makes China Iron, Liz, and Rosario love one another even more?
(a) Bones that remind them of their own mortality.
(b) The knowledge that the end of their journey will probably mean separating.
(c) Having shared their histories with one another.
(d) Staying up late drinking and making up stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tangled Legs," what is the main point of the poem that the gauchos recite?

2. What is Elizabeth's husband's name?

3. In "An Orphan's Fate," what is the name of Rosario's boyhood horse?

4. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does Hernández suggest might have deterred the gauchos from their crime in the first place?

5. What is a "carancho"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In "La China Isn't a Name," what changes for China Iron the first time she sees herself in a mirror?

8. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what does China Iron come to realize about drinking tea, using cotton towels, and so on?

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

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

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