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The key-value pairs in the data dictionary will be encoded as a multipart
message and used to create the POST data payload.
+ To submit multiple values for a given key (for example, to specify
+ the selections for a multiple selection list), provide the values as a
+ list or tuple for the required key. For example, a data dictionary of
+ ``{'choices': ('a','b','d')}`` would submit three selected rows for the
+ field named ``choices``.
+
Submitting files is a special case. To POST a file, you need only
provide the file field name as a key, and a file handle to the file you wish to
upload as a value. The Test Client will populate the two POST fields (i.e.,