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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "La China Isn't a Name," what does China Iron see for the first time?
(a) Printed words.
(b) Her own reflection in a mirror.
(c) A petticoat.
(d) An Indian girl her own age.

2. In "Colours Became Detached from Their Objects," what two colors does China Iron mostly focus on?
(a) Yellow and white.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Red and black.
(d) Black and yellow.

3. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," to what does China Iron compare traveling on horseback or in the wagon?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Hearing a story.
(c) Singing a song.
(d) Flying.

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

5. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," which indigenous group are China Iron and the others traveling towards?
(a) Tehuelche.
(b) Guaraní.
(c) Charrúa.
(d) Quechua.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On page 98 of "Tangled Legs," what technique is being used when China Iron says that people started singing Martín Fierro's songs in places he had never been, "as I would discover right there in Hernández's fort"?

3. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," to what does China Iron compare the Indians they are following?

4. In "Tangled Legs," what is Hernández's purpose in pointing Liz's attention to the lands surrounding the fort?

5. In "Tangled Legs," what does the Colonel reveal the purpose of the ditch to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what similarity does China Iron see between Rosario, his lamb, and the other animals he adopts?

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

3. In "Tangled Legs," what are Rosario's complaints about how he has to live while at the estancia?

4. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what does China Iron come to realize about drinking tea, using cotton towels, and so on?

5. In "British Science," what book does Liz read to China Iron, and what odd conclusion does it lead China Iron to?

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

7. Explain the analogy that China Iron uses in "British Science," in which she compares Great Britain to a "voracious heart" (55).

8. In "The Wagon," what practical and personal reasons does China Iron believe Liz has for taking her along on her journey?

9. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," why do they brand the cattle, and how is it accomplished?

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

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