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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 "We Branded Each and Every Animal," what does Rosa spend time each day brushing off the oxen?

2. In his remarks about the role of the gauchos in "Tangled Legs," what importance does the Colonel assign them?

3. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who are the titular "Hapsburgs"?

4. In "Tangled Legs," what comparison does Liz make that shocks China Iron?

5. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who begs Hernández to spare the lives of the gauchos who victimized Miss Daisy?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Tangled Legs," what does the recitation of the poem imply about the Colonel's identity, and how is this implication confirmed?

2. In "Tangled Legs," why does China Iron compare the ditch to a branding iron?

3. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what is the punishment that Miss Daisy devises for the men who attacked her?

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

5. In "By Dint of Force," what is Liz's theory about Great Britain's reaction to its geography?

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

7. Of all of the creatures that Liz draws for China Iron, which one most captures her imagination, and why?

8. Describe China Iron's life before she leaves on her journey with Liz.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you evaluate the utopia in "Part Three: Indian Territory." Divide your essay into two sections. First, provide an analytical section in which you show why this is a "paradise" for China Iron, using textual evidence to back your claims. Second, make and defend a claim about whether this is a more generalizable utopia--that is, would it function as a paradise for most humans? In this second section, you are not being asked to make moral or ethical claims. Instead, base your evaluation in psychological and sociological research on human happiness. Be sure to cite all sources in MLA format.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay in which you make a claim about the symbolic significance of Hernández's estancia. Consider not only the characteristics of the estancia and the events that transpire there but also the fact that it is owned by Hernández. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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