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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. How old was Rosario when he left home?
2. To what indigenous group did Rosario's mother belong?
3. In "Do Come In, My Dear," how does Hernández refer to England?
4. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the Colonel's perspective on the importation of European livestock?
5. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what happens to China Iron's two sons after her husband is conscripted?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Tangled Legs," why does China Iron compare the ditch to a branding iron?
2. In "Tangled Legs," what does the recitation of the poem imply about the Colonel's identity, and how is this implication confirmed?
3. In "Colors Become Detached from Their Objects," what does China Iron observe about Liz's whiteness?
4. In "La China Isn't a Name," what changes for China Iron the first time she sees herself in a mirror?
5. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," why do they brand the cattle, and how is it accomplished?
6. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what does China Iron come to realize about drinking tea, using cotton towels, and so on?
7. In "Colors Become Detached from Their Objects," what is the significance of China Iron's comparison of Liz to a mare and a puma?
8. How is China Iron finally freed from her husband and family?
9. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," what observations does China Iron make about the gauchos' attitude toward Indians and whites?
10. In "An Orphan's Fate," how does Rosario come to live as a gaucho on an estancia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you explain the novel's claims about Indians as "other" in the process of building an Argentine identity. Be sure to support your ideas with support from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the symbolic significance of rivers in The Adventures of China Iron. Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you defend a claim about the symbolic nature of food in The Adventures of China Iron. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.
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