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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. In "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what causes the pampas to look as if it is erupting?
2. When is the spring in Argentina?
3. In "The Morbid Light of Dead Men's Bones," what does Liz say about China Iron's people?
4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what name does China Iron give her dog?
5. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz do that surprises and pleases China Iron?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Colors Become Detached from Their Objects," what does China Iron observe about Liz's whiteness?
2. In "An Orphan's Fate," how does Rosario come to live as a gaucho on an estancia?
3. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what ideas about the gauchos does the Colonel express?
4. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," what observations does China Iron make about the gauchos' attitude toward Indians and whites?
5. In "Colors Become Detached from Their Objects," what is the significance of China Iron's comparison of Liz to a mare and a puma?
6. In "Tangled Legs," what are Rosario's complaints about how he has to live while at the estancia?
7. In "La China Isn't a Name," what changes for China Iron the first time she sees herself in a mirror?
8. Explain the analogy that China Iron uses in "British Science," in which she compares Great Britain to a "voracious heart" (55).
9. In "A Prophet With a Paintbrush," what motive for coming to Argentina does Liz reveal?
10. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what is the punishment that Miss Daisy devises for the men who attacked her?
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 examine the thematic purpose of the division of the novel into three parts. Consider the focus of each part and the relationship of these parts to the messages the novel conveys about Argentina: its peoples, its history, and its possible future.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you make a claim about the thematic purpose of including the dog Estreya in the novel. Be sure to support your claims with textual evidence.
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