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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 "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what symbolizes China Iron's and Martín's new gender identities?
(a) Their body paint.
(b) Their names.
(c) Their households.
(d) Their hair.

2. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron say life uses "to make us and to kill us" (150)?
(a) Love.
(b) Grief.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Beauty.

3. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," why do the travelers not know where to stop their wagon?
(a) The ground seems too muddy to stop on without getting stuck.
(b) They cannot identify a tent that seems to belong to a leader.
(c) Different Indians gesture to them to stop in different places.
(d) They are not sure if they will be attacked for stopping too near the encampment.

4. In "Contemplating the Trees," how often does China Iron say people in her community need to work?
(a) They work hard in the spring through the fall, and take the winter off.
(b) They work one month and then have two months off.
(c) They work five days a week and then take two days off.
(d) Everyone has to work hard every day.

5. On page 157 of "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," who does China Iron say looks like "a china disguised as a flamingo"?
(a) Martín Fierro.
(b) Rosario.
(c) Herself.
(d) Liz.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 174 of "But We Don't Have Any Weapons," why does China Iron say that her new community believes that they can live peacefully in their new territory?

2. What is the result of all of the drinking at the party in In "Punch and Whisky"?

3. What is Liz's belief about the savage punishments they see happening in In "The Whip and the Rod"?

4. Who rescues Martín from the Colonel's estancia?

5. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what is the name of the lagoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Martín's argument for forgiveness in "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now"?

2. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," who is the long-braided man in the flamingo robe, and what happens when China Iron meets him?

3. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," how does the Colonel end up seemingly offending Liz?

4. Although it is dispersed over several chapters, what is the chronological story of the community's relationship with the Guarani?

5. In "Contemplating the Trees," what do most of the plants that China Iron describes seem to have in common, and what is their purpose?

6. Explain the political organization of China Iron's new community.

7. Describe the final image of her community with which China Iron ends her story.

8. In "Frothing like Foam," what stokes China Iron's desire for Liz, and why does she not act upon it?

9. Explain how the Indian cook and his assistants get their portion of food.

10. What is ironic about the Colonel's belief that he did Martín Fierro a favor by stealing his poetry?

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