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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 "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," to what does China Iron compare traveling on horseback or in the wagon?
(a) Singing a song.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Hearing a story.
(d) Flying.

2. In "Colours Became Detached from Their Objects," what two colors does China Iron mostly focus on?
(a) Red and black.
(b) Yellow and white.
(c) Red and white.
(d) Black and yellow.

3. In "The Earth Croaked," when Rosario catches the cuys, what does China Iron realize?
(a) She has not eaten anything but beef for a long while.
(b) She wants to do more of the kinds of work that men traditionally do.
(c) She and her companions are the Campo Malo for these creatures.
(d) She misses the settlement more than she thought that she would.

4. How old was Rosario when he left home?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 14.

5. At the end of "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," whom does Liz ask to see?
(a) Miss Daisy's children.
(b) Miss Daisy.
(c) The children born of incest.
(d) The gauchos who committed the crime against Miss Daisy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron say life uses "to make us and to kill us" (150)?

2. In "Suspended in the Air," what wakes China Iron in the middle of the night?

3. Who is Juan Manuel de Rosas?

4. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does Hernández suggest might have deterred the gauchos from their crime in the first place?

5. To what indigenous group did Rosario's mother belong?

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