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

2. In "British Science," what book does Liz read aloud?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Frankenstein.
(c) Don Quixote.
(d) Jane Eyre.

3. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is the full name that China Iron creates for herself?
(a) China Josephine Star Iron.
(b) China Seraphina Star Iron.
(c) China Iron Seraphina Estreya.
(d) China Josephine Iron Estreya.

4. In "The Whip and the Rod," what is Campo Malo"?
(a) The place where gauchos are tortured and imprisoned.
(b) A nearby Indian encampment.
(c) This is what the gauchos call the fort.
(d) A rival fort that the Colonel is going to attack.

5. When China Iron sees the distress of the cow whose calf has been killed in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what does she briefly think of?
(a) Her love for Estreya.
(b) Her own children.
(c) Her biological mother.
(d) Her childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Biblical allusion does China Iron make in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?

2. In "I Was Burning My Bridges," what does China Iron reveal about her early life?

3. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the Colonel's perspective on the importation of European livestock?

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

5. In "British Science," what object does China Iron become fascinated with?

(see the answer key)

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