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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 "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what happens to China Iron's two sons after her husband is conscripted?
(a) Her husband insists that they go with him.
(b) They both fall ill and die.
(c) She leaves them in the care of a neighbor couple.
(d) She leaves them with La Negra.

2. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," who does China Iron reveal will later kill El Negro?
(a) La Negra.
(b) China Iron.
(c) The estancia foreman.
(d) Martín.

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

4. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," from whom has China Iron heard terrifying stories about Indian raids?
(a) Martín Fierro.
(b) The old people at her former settlement.
(c) Liz.
(d) Rosario.

5. According to Liz in "Punch and Whisky," what kind of food is curry?
(a) American.
(b) African.
(c) Argentine.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what Biblical story does China Iron allude in "We Come from Dust"?

2. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," China Iron's husband is "conscripted." What happens to him?

3. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who begs Hernández to spare the lives of the gauchos who victimized Miss Daisy?

4. In "Punch and Whisky," why does China Iron spend the day listening to the Colonel's drunken ramblings?

5. In "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what causes the pampas to look as if it is erupting?

(see the answer key)

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