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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. In "The Earth Croaked," when Rosario catches the cuys, what does China Iron realize?
(a) She misses the settlement more than she thought that she would.
(b) She and her companions are the Campo Malo for these creatures.
(c) She has not eaten anything but beef for a long while.
(d) She wants to do more of the kinds of work that men traditionally do.

2. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the name of the Colonel who is in charge at the fort?
(a) García.
(b) Moreno.
(c) Hernández.
(d) Ruiz.

3. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what does Hernández declare is his "purpose in life" (87)?
(a) Bringing trains to Argentina.
(b) Becoming the President of Argentina.
(c) To make Liz comfortable in Argentina.
(d) To create better working conditions for the gauchos.

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

5. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," when China Iron says, of Liz, "She was my North and I was the quivering needle on a compass," (51), what rhetorical technique is being used?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Simile.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what draws China Iron to the puppy that she eventually adopts?

2. What does the chapter title "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin" refer to?

3. In "We Come from Dust," what does China Iron realize that Liz is afraid of?

4. What is the "mate" referred to at the end of "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?

5. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does Hernández suggest might have deterred the gauchos from their crime in the first place?

(see the answer key)

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