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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 Earth Croaked," what literary technique is employed when China Iron says that "The rainbow had one leg shorter than the other" (145)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Personification.

2. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what name does China Iron learn for the wind?
(a) Kutral-Có.
(b) Mewlen.
(c) Nahuela.
(d) Paraná.

3. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what noise does the group first hear from the Indians?
(a) Shooting.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Laughter.

4. In "But We Don't Have Any Weapons," why is China Iron's new community concerned about their lack of weaponry?
(a) They are concerned about a raid by neighboring Tehuelche people.
(b) They need a way to hunt more effectively.
(c) Some of them want to attack and take over the Colonel's fort.
(d) They know that the Argentine army is going to attack them.

5. By what name does the indigenous community China Iron lives with call itself?
(a) Ñande.
(b) Iñchiñ.
(c) Guarani.
(d) Winka.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 157 of "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," who does China Iron say looks like "a china disguised as a flamingo"?

2. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does the Colonel fear the gauchos will do when they realize that their numbers give them power?

3. In "Punch and Whisky," what secret does Liz reveal to China Iron?

4. Who is asking for China Iron's forgiveness in "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now"?

5. What crimes are punishable by death at Hernández's fort?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the variety of people living at the Indian encampment.

2. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what causes China Iron to want to hit the Colonel with a stick?

3. Explain what Liz believes about Campo Malo and its relationship to the rest of the fort.

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

5. In "Frothing like Foam," why is China divided in her feelings about the Colonel and the fort?

6. When China Iron swims in the lagoon in In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what vision does she have?

7. In "But We Don't Have Any Weapons," what argument does the community have, and who is on each side of the dispute?

8. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron feel is happening when she first embraces Kauka, and what does it cause her to realize?

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

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

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