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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 does the word "Winka" refer to?
2. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what reason does the Colonel give for allowing Martín to sing to the workers?
3. In "As If the Milky Way Began or Ended Right There in Her Hands," what does China Iron say they will arrive at the Indian encampment "armed with" (143)?
4. In the beginning of "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does China Iron say about her relationship with Liz?
5. In "The Earth Croaked," when Rosario catches the cuys, what does China Iron realize?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Contemplating the Trees," what do most of the plants that China Iron describes seem to have in common, and what is their purpose?
2. What transformation in Martín does China Iron see when she first visits his tent, and what causes her to feel this way?
3. In "Punch and Whiskey," what is the likely reason for Liz's behavior towards the Colonel on the day after the party?
4. How is the fort's work structured like an assembly line, and what is the Colonel's purpose in structuring it this way?
5. In "Contemplating the Trees," what specialty have China Iron, Liz, and Rosario developed?
6. In "Frothing like Foam," why is China divided in her feelings about the Colonel and the fort?
7. Explain what Liz believes about Campo Malo and its relationship to the rest of the fort.
8. Explain the political organization of China Iron's new community.
9. In "But We Don't Have Any Weapons," what argument does the community have, and who is on each side of the dispute?
10. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," how does the Colonel end up seemingly offending Liz?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you consider the significance of Hernández's plagiarism. What claims is the text making about stories and imperialism? Be sure to offer textual support for your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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