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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Part Three: Indian Territory": "Frothing like Foam" through "Most Were Naked and Beautiful.".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Punch and Whisky," why are the officers avoiding Liz?
(a) They have heard rumors about her relationship with China Iron.
(b) They know that the Colonel is angry at Liz.
(c) Talking to a white woman makes them nervous.
(d) They are afraid of the Colonel's jealousy.

2. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," how does China Iron end up getting married?
(a) La Negra throws her out of the house.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She falls in love with a passing gaucho.
(d) El Negro loses her in a poker game.

3. What is a "carancho"?
(a) A ranch hand.
(b) A desert-dwelling wild cat.
(c) A large bird of prey.
(d) An estancia owner.

4. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who are the titular "Hapsburgs"?
(a) An unknown group of intruders at the estancia.
(b) The Indians.
(c) The gauchos.
(d) Children born of incest.

5. In "An Orphan's Fate," why does the landowner's son kill Rosario's horse?
(a) Rosario stole his girlfriend.
(b) Rosario threatened him.
(c) It kicked him.
(d) It threw him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In return for her forgiveness in "Punch and Whisky," what does Liz make the Colonel agree to?

2. On page 157 of "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," who does China Iron say looks like "a china disguised as a flamingo"?

3. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," from whom has China Iron heard terrifying stories about Indian raids?

4. In "British Science," what has China Iron begun to call Rosario?

5. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what does Hernández declare is his "purpose in life" (87)?

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