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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 "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what is the most shocking thing that Hernández accuses the gauchos of?
(a) Theft.
(b) Incest.
(c) Vandalism.
(d) Murder.

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

3. In "A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what do the travelers see being constructed outside the fort?
(a) A gallows.
(b) A ditch.
(c) Fencing.
(d) A tower.

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"?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Synechdoche.

5. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what do the Indians use to draw on their skin?
(a) Powdered bones.
(b) Pollen.
(c) Ground bark.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Orphan's Fate," who is the first man that Rosario kills?

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

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

4. In "British Science," to what does China Iron compare Argentina?

5. How old was Rosario when he left home?

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