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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 indigenous group did Rosario's mother belong?
2. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," what tells them that they are nearing the desert?
3. In "Tangled Legs," what word does the Colonel use to refer to his female servants?
4. When is the spring in Argentina?
5. When China Iron was a small child, where did she often hide?
Short Essay Questions
1. What metaphor does China Iron use to describe the Colonel's vomit in In "Colors Become Detached from Their Objects," and what is its significance?
2. In "Colors Become Detached from Their Objects," what does China Iron observe about Liz's whiteness?
3. In "Tangled Legs," why does China Iron compare the ditch to a branding iron?
4. In "Suspended in the Air," what is the rhetorical purpose of the extended discussion of vizcachas?
5. In "An Orphan's Fate," what does Rosario do after he kills the landowner's son?
6. In "Colors Become Detached from Their Objects," what is the significance of China Iron's comparison of Liz to a mare and a puma?
7. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," why do they brand the cattle, and how is it accomplished?
8. In "Tangled Legs," what does the recitation of the poem imply about the Colonel's identity, and how is this implication confirmed?
9. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," what observations does China Iron make about the gauchos' attitude toward Indians and whites?
10. In "By Dint of Force," what is Liz's theory about Great Britain's reaction to its geography?
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 analyze the use of light as a symbolic motif in The Adventures of China Iron. Be sure to offer textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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