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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 "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron say life uses "to make us and to kill us" (150)?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Love.
(c) Grief.
(d) Knowledge.

2. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what is a "two-spirit"?
(a) A person who does not fit into traditional gender categories.
(b) A person who is born a twin.
(c) A person who is haunted by a dead loved one.
(d) A person who is caught between two cultures.

3. In his remarks about the role of the gauchos in "Tangled Legs," what importance does the Colonel assign them?
(a) They are just as important as his cattle.
(b) They are less important than cattle lice.
(c) They are more important even than himself.
(d) They are just as important as the Indians.

4. In "Suspended in the Air," what wakes China Iron in the middle of the night?
(a) Estreya licking her face.
(b) A noise outside the wagon.
(c) Liz's nearness.
(d) A nightmare.

5. In"A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what is the name of the fort?
(a) Las Violetas.
(b) Las Hortensias.
(c) Las Azucenas.
(d) Los Tulipanes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tangled Legs," what is China Iron's reaction to many of the military customs she encounters?

2. In "Tangled Legs," what word does the Colonel use to refer to his female servants?

3. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what realization does China Iron have about the tea she is drinking?

4. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," when China Iron says, of Liz, "She was my North and I was the quivering needle on a compass," (51), what rhetorical technique is being used?

5. In "An Orphan's Fate," why does the landowner's son kill Rosario's horse?

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