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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 "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what noise does the group first hear from the Indians?

2. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," with whom is China Iron reunited?

3. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what does Martín reveal about Raúl?

4. While they are still traveling in "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," when does the group expect to see "their" gauchos again?

5. To what does China Iron compare the pampas when they leave the fort in "Frothing like Foam"?

Short Essay Questions

1. When China Iron swims in the lagoon in In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what vision does she have?

2. How is the fort's work structured like an assembly line, and what is the Colonel's purpose in structuring it this way?

3. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," who is the long-braided man in the flamingo robe, and what happens when China Iron meets him?

4. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," how do the Indians come to speak perfect Spanish?

5. In "Punch and Whiskey," what plan does Liz enact?

6. In "Frothing like Foam," why is China divided in her feelings about the Colonel and the fort?

7. In "Contemplating the Trees," what do most of the plants that China Iron describes seem to have in common, and what is their purpose?

8. In what way does the use of indigenous words in "Part Three: Indian Territory" support the novel's themes?

9. In "Contemplating the Trees," what specialty have China Iron, Liz, and Rosario developed?

10. Explain the political organization of China Iron's new community.

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 make a claim about the symbolic significance of Liz and China Iron's search for their husbands. Be sure to support your claims with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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