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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what Biblical story does China Iron allude in "We Come from Dust"?

2. In In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what does Liz say makes scones taste better?

3. In "Under the British Empire," what does China Iron conclude about the Northern Hemisphere?

4. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," how does the narrator indicate time passing rapidly?

5. In "Under the British Empire," where does Liz tell China Iron Great Britain is?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Colors Become Detached from Their Objects," what does China Iron observe about Liz's whiteness?

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

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

4. When Liz kisses China Iron, in "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," how does China Iron respond?

5. In "Under the British Empire," what does Liz teach China Iron about Britain and why is it so confusing to China Iron?

6. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," what observations does China Iron make about the gauchos' attitude toward Indians and whites?

7. In "Tangled Legs," why does China Iron feel isolated and wounded on their first morning at the estancia?

8. In "An Orphan's Fate," what does Rosario do after he kills the landowner's son?

9. In "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," what are the two kinds of perspective that China Iron is learning?

10. In "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what similarity does China Iron see between Rosario, his lamb, and the other animals he adopts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the significance of the recurring motif of things that are left behind in The Adventures of China Iron. Be sure to defend your claims using evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the purpose of including Miss Daisy and her children as characters. Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you consider the thematic motif of sex and sensuality in The Adventures of China Iron. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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