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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Part Two: The Fort": "The Whip and the Rod" through "Goodbye, Colonel".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 would be more efficient to grow the tea in Argentina instead of importing it.
(c) It represents the suffering of laborers.
(d) It holds the same place in British culture that coffee holds in her own.

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

3. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," from whom has China Iron heard terrifying stories about Indian raids?
(a) Liz.
(b) Rosario.
(c) Martín Fierro.
(d) The old people at her former settlement.

4. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does the Colonel say about the mixed ancestry of the gauchos?
(a) Their loyalties are always divided.
(b) They are a new kind of man.
(c) They represent both the past and the future of Argentina.
(d) They did not inherit the best qualities of either race.

5. In "Punch and Whisky," what secret does Liz reveal to China Iron?
(a) She forged the papers authorizing her to run the estancia.
(b) She knows where Martín Fierro is.
(c) She has a plan to steal from the Colonel.
(d) She is not really looking for her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I Was Burning My Bridges," what does China Iron reveal about her early life?

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

3. What happens at the end of the dinner in "Do Come In, My Dear"?

4. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the Colonel's perspective on the importation of European livestock?

5. Who is Martín Fierro?

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