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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 "As If the Milky Way Began or Ended Right There in Her Hands," how does China Iron react to Liz's story about her final conversation with the Colonel?
(a) She wonders if she really knows Liz as well as she thinks she does.
(b) She thinks that Liz might have been happier to stay at the fort and is afraid for their future.
(c) She realizes that Liz was only pretending to like the Colonel's ideas the whole time at the fort.
(d) She feels like Liz is being distant and acting like they have never been intimate.

2. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what does Liz give China Iron?
(a) The wagon that they traveled in together.
(b) The diamond ring.
(c) The oxen from the wagon.
(d) A china teapot.

3. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what is the literal explanation for China Iron's vision of the living lagoon?
(a) She is drunk on both whisky and caña.
(b) She has ingested psychedelic mushrooms.
(c) She is having a psychotic break.
(d) She has fallen asleep beside the fire.

4. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what claim does the Colonel make about Buenos Aires?
(a) The estancias could not function without the business done in Buenos Aires.
(b) It is too far away to matter to the life of the estancias.
(c) The taxes that he pays to the city should result in more help fighting the Indians.
(d) It is a parasite on the work of the estancias.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Punch and Whisky," why does China Iron spend the day listening to the Colonel's drunken ramblings?

2. In "Punch and Whisky," what surprise does Liz prepare for the Colonel?

3. In "But We Don't Have Any Weapons," what does China Iron reveal sometimes get stuck in the trees?

4. In "I Wish You Could See Us," what characteristic of the community's traveling does China Iron stress?

5. According to Liz in "Punch and Whisky," what kind of food is curry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. In what way does the use of indigenous words in "Part Three: Indian Territory" support the novel's themes?

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

8. While the Colonel is telling Martin's story in "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," why is China Iron both fearful and relieved?

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

10. What goods and presents does the Colonel give Liz as she, China Iron, and Rosario are leaving?

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