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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 "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz compare their journey to?
(a) The journey of Marco Polo.
(b) The journey of Columbus.
(c) The journey of Joseph and Mary.
(d) The journey of the Israelites.

2. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," how long have Liz and China Iron been traveling?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 3 weeks.

3. In"A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what is the name of the fort?
(a) Las Hortensias.
(b) Los Tulipanes.
(c) Las Violetas.
(d) Las Azucenas.

4. In the beginning of "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does China Iron say about her relationship with Liz?
(a) That during their time at the fort she was beginning to see that Liz was cruel to her.
(b) That even then she understood that Liz was conflicted about her sexuality.
(c) That now that she is older she realizes that what she felt for Liz was not love.
(d) That she might not have realized it at the time, but Liz was breaking her like a horse.

5. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," which indigenous group are China Iron and the others traveling towards?
(a) Guaraní.
(b) Charrúa.
(c) Quechua.
(d) Tehuelche.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Punch and Whisky," what surprise does Liz prepare for the Colonel?

2. In "British Science," what is a "Franklin rod" (53)?

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

4. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does China Iron do when the women realize they are close to a group of Indians?

5. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does the Colonel say about the mixed ancestry of the gauchos?

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