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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 "The Earth Croaked," what literary technique is employed when China Iron says that "The rainbow had one leg shorter than the other" (145)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Simile.
(d) Allegory.

2. In "As If the Milky Way Began or Ended Right There in Her Hands," when China Iron mentions how much Kaukalitrán will love the black-plumed chickens, what literary technique is being used?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Personification.
(d) Foreshadowing.

3. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron say life uses "to make us and to kill us" (150)?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Love.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Grief.

4. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what noise does the group first hear from the Indians?
(a) Singing.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Shooting.

5. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," with whom is China Iron reunited?
(a) El Negro.
(b) Her sons.
(c) Raúl.
(d) La Negra.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "But We Don't Have Any Weapons," why is China Iron's new community concerned about their lack of weaponry?

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

3. In "Punch and Whisky," what surprise does Liz prepare for the Colonel?

4. In "As If the Milky Way Began or Ended Right There in Her Hands," how does China Iron react to Liz's story about her final conversation with the Colonel?

5. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron notice about sex and clothing among the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the variety of people living at the Indian encampment.

2. In "Frothing like Foam," what stokes China Iron's desire for Liz, and why does she not act upon it?

3. Explain what Liz believes about Campo Malo and its relationship to the rest of the fort.

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

5. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what causes China Iron to want to hit the Colonel with a stick?

6. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron feel is happening when she first embraces Kauka, and what does it cause her to realize?

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

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

9. What is Martín's argument for forgiveness in "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now"?

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

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