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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 In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what does Liz say makes scones taste better?
(a) Working hard to make them.
(b) The open air.
(c) Jam.
(d) Butter and cream.

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

3. On page 120 of "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does the Colonel call a "plague that all these starving peasants are trying to bring over from Europe"?
(a) Modern industry.
(b) Labor Unions.
(c) Universal suffrage.
(d) Communism.

4. At the end of "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what causes China Iron to draw her knife?
(a) She is jealous of the way the Colonel and Liz seem to be flirting.
(b) She thinks that Liz is in danger.
(c) One of the gauchos makes a pass at her.
(d) The Colonel refers to her as a "lady."

5. In "The Whip and the Rod," what is Campo Malo"?
(a) The place where gauchos are tortured and imprisoned.
(b) A nearby Indian encampment.
(c) A rival fort that the Colonel is going to attack.
(d) This is what the gauchos call the fort.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "La China Isn't a Name," how does Liz react to learning that China Iron does not have her own name?

2. What crimes are punishable by death at Hernández's fort?

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

4. In "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what causes the pampas to look as if it is erupting?

5. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," which indigenous group are China Iron and the others traveling towards?

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