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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. On page 157 of "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," who does China Iron say looks like "a china disguised as a flamingo"?
(a) Rosario.
(b) Martín Fierro.
(c) Liz.
(d) Herself.

2. In "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what does Rosario say he is looking for?
(a) Someone to travel with.
(b) His mother's grave.
(c) A place to live with his cattle.
(d) The fort where his brother was taken.

3. In "Tangled Legs," what word does the Colonel use to refer to his female servants?
(a) Larvae.
(b) China.
(c) Parasites.
(d) Ladies.

4. In "As If the Milky Way Began or Ended Right There in Her Hands," why does China Iron look forward to the rain?
(a) Because she loves the science of the lightening rod.
(b) Because they are nearly out of drinking water.
(c) Because it will make the pampas bloom with wildflowers.
(d) Because she can be alone with Liz in the wagon.

5. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," why do the travelers not know where to stop their wagon?
(a) The ground seems too muddy to stop on without getting stuck.
(b) They are not sure if they will be attacked for stopping too near the encampment.
(c) Different Indians gesture to them to stop in different places.
(d) They cannot identify a tent that seems to belong to a leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "By Dint of Force," who is Braulio?

2. What Biblical allusion does China Iron make in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?

3. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what is the name of the first Indian to embrace China Iron?

4. On page 98 of "Tangled Legs," what technique is being used when China Iron says that people started singing Martín Fierro's songs in places he had never been, "as I would discover right there in Hernández's fort"?

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

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