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

2. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does the word "Winka" refer to?
(a) Indians.
(b) Outsiders.
(c) Gauchos.
(d) White people.

3. On page 120 of "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does the Colonel call a "plague that all these starving peasants are trying to bring over from Europe"?
(a) Universal suffrage.
(b) Labor Unions.
(c) Communism.
(d) Modern industry.

4. Who is asking for China Iron's forgiveness in "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now"?
(a) Martín.
(b) Raúl.
(c) Kauka.
(d) Liz.

5. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what does Oscar say made him doubt the Colonel's claims about progress in Argentina?
(a) The political corruption of the army and Argentine officials.
(b) The lack of education among the peasant class.
(c) The clear lack of interest in agriculture the gauchos showed.
(d) The obvious poverty and hunger he saw everywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what does Liz give China Iron?

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 "An Erratic Flight," what is the literal reason that the travelers get rid of some of their possessions?

4. In "The Whip and the Rod," what is Campo Malo"?

5. In the section of "El Gaucho Martín Fierro" that Liz quotes in "Goodbye Colonel," whom do the Indians kill?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," how do the Indians come to speak perfect Spanish?

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

8. In "Contemplating the Trees," what specialty have China Iron, Liz, and Rosario developed?

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

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

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