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

2. In "Frothing like Foam," where does Rosario's new horse come from?
(a) It is another orphan Rosario has collected.
(b) It is one of the horses stolen from the fort.
(c) It is a gift from the Indians.
(d) It was a gift from the Colonel.

3. In "The Earth Croaked," what literary technique is employed when China Iron says that "The rainbow had one leg shorter than the other" (145)?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Foreshadowing.

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

5. In "I Was Burning My Bridges," what is the name of China Iron's first love?
(a) Juan.
(b) Luka.
(c) Raúl.
(d) Santos.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tangled Legs," what comparison does Liz make that shocks China Iron?

2. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does the Colonel claim to embody?

3. In "British Science," what book does Liz read aloud?

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

5. In "A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what do the travelers see being constructed outside the fort?

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