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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Part Two: The Fort": "The Whip and the Rod" through "Goodbye, Colonel".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Tangled Legs," what does the Colonel reveal the purpose of the ditch to be?
(a) It is the linchpin of his defenses against Indian raids.
(b) It is a way of breaking new gauchos to accept his authority and discipline.
(c) It is intended more to keep the gauchos in than it is to keep people out.
(d) It is a burial ground for those killed fighting the Indians.

2. What is a "carancho"?
(a) A desert-dwelling wild cat.
(b) A ranch hand.
(c) An estancia owner.
(d) A large bird of prey.

3. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what reason does the Colonel give for allowing Martín to sing to the workers?
(a) Martín was not useful for other kinds of work.
(b) Keeping the gauchos happy is important because they outnumber the soldiers.
(c) He wanted to hear the songs so that he could turn them into poems and sell them.
(d) Martín's semi-literate verses amused him because they were so rough and crude.

4. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," to what does China Iron compare the Indians they are following?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Oxen.
(d) Cats.

5. What Biblical allusion does China Iron make in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?
(a) The story of Lot's wife.
(b) The story of Noah's ark.
(c) The story of Jonah and the great fish.
(d) The story of the Good Samaritan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In return for her forgiveness in "Punch and Whisky," what does Liz make the Colonel agree to?

3. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does China Iron feel for the first time as the Colonel talks about Martín?

4. In "Dressed to the Nines," what makes China Iron, Liz, and Rosario love one another even more?

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

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