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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what does Rosario see coming toward them when the dust settles?
(a) A wagon headed in the opposite direction.
(b) Armed men on horseback.
(c) Various wild animals.
(d) A cattle stampede.

2. In "British Science," what is an ombú?
(a) A reptile like a small crocodile.
(b) A large tree.
(c) A burrowing mammal.
(d) A flightless bird.

3. In "An Orphan's Fate," who is the first man that Rosario kills?
(a) Maria's husband.
(b) His younger brother.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) The landowner's son.

4. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what realization does China Iron have about the tea she is drinking?
(a) Drinking it makes her more like the British than she wants to be.
(b) It holds the same place in British culture that coffee holds in her own.
(c) It would be more efficient to grow the tea in Argentina instead of importing it.
(d) It represents the suffering of laborers.

5. At the end of "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what causes China Iron to draw her knife?
(a) One of the gauchos makes a pass at her.
(b) She is jealous of the way the Colonel and Liz seem to be flirting.
(c) She thinks that Liz is in danger.
(d) The Colonel refers to her as a "lady."

6. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the name of the Colonel who is in charge at the fort?
(a) Ruiz.
(b) Moreno.
(c) Hernández.
(d) García.

7. In his remarks about the role of the gauchos in "Tangled Legs," what importance does the Colonel assign them?
(a) They are more important even than himself.
(b) They are just as important as the Indians.
(c) They are less important than cattle lice.
(d) They are just as important as his cattle.

8. When China Iron sees the distress of the cow whose calf has been killed in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what does she briefly think of?
(a) Her own children.
(b) Her childhood.
(c) Her love for Estreya.
(d) Her biological mother.

9. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who begs Hernández to spare the lives of the gauchos who victimized Miss Daisy?
(a) Miss Daisy.
(b) The gauchos' mothers.
(c) The gauchos' wives.
(d) Hernández's wife.

10. In "British Science," what object does China Iron become fascinated with?
(a) A pepper mill.
(b) A compass.
(c) A book of myths.
(d) An umbrella.

11. In In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what does Liz say makes scones taste better?
(a) Butter and cream.
(b) Working hard to make them.
(c) Jam.
(d) The open air.

12. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," how does the narrator indicate time passing rapidly?
(a) She describes the wagon traveling through a map of the pampas.
(b) She describes the many books she has learned how to read.
(c) She offers a montage of scenes from their travels.
(d) She tells how tall she was when she left and how tall she was when she arrived.

13. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," how do China Iron and Liz navigate?
(a) Using a map.
(b) Using markers on the land itself.
(c) Using the stars.
(d) Using a compass.

14. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," China Iron's husband is "conscripted." What happens to him?
(a) He is drowned in the flooded river.
(b) He is jailed for a debt.
(c) He is forced into service in the army.
(d) He is seriously injured by a horse.

15. What is the "cãna" referred to several times in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?
(a) A temporary camp.
(b) An alcoholic beverage.
(c) A hand-rolled cigarette.
(d) A method for cooking beef outdoors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz compare their journey to?

2. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," to what does China Iron compare traveling on horseback or in the wagon?

3. In "British Science," what book does Liz read aloud?

4. In "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," how does the idea of dragons in the pampas make China Iron feel?

5. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," which indigenous group are China Iron and the others traveling towards?

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