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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. To what does China Iron compare the pampas when they leave the fort in "Frothing like Foam"?
(a) The desert sand.
(b) The sea.
(c) Tea.
(d) The froth in a cup of mate.

2. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does the Colonel say about the mixed ancestry of the gauchos?
(a) They are a new kind of man.
(b) They represent both the past and the future of Argentina.
(c) Their loyalties are always divided.
(d) They did not inherit the best qualities of either race.

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

4. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does the word "Winka" refer to?
(a) White people.
(b) Gauchos.
(c) Indians.
(d) Outsiders.

5. In "Tangled Legs," what is the main point of the poem that the gauchos recite?
(a) That the gauchos must be loyal to one another and feel unity with their masters.
(b) That the British have treated Argentina unfairly.
(c) That the gauchos and the land are one.
(d) That the Indians are a menace that must be erased from Argentina's landscape.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the name of the Colonel who is in charge at the fort?

2. When China Iron was a small child, where did she often hide?

3. In In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what does Liz say makes scones taste better?

4. In "Tangled Legs," what does the Colonel reveal the purpose of the ditch to be?

5. In "Frothing like Foam," where does Rosario's new horse come from?

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