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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 beginning of "An Erratic Flight," what is China Iron conveying with her list of colors?
(a) The hilly area they have entered is much more colorful than the plains they came from.
(b) Now that she is more experienced in the world, she appreciates diversity more.
(c) Butterflies are much more colorful than birds.
(d) Earlier in her journey she was too anxious to notice the beauty of her surroundings.

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

3. In "You Fucking Whore!" how many men are murdered by jealous gauchos?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 31.
(d) 3.

4. In "The Whip and the Rod," what does China Iron observe about the way work happens at the fort?
(a) It is done assembly-line style, with each worker engaged in one small repetitive task all day.
(b) It seems to make the gauchos and the chinas happy to be productive.
(c) All of the profit goes to the Colonel, but he does not seem to do any of the work.
(d) Some of the workers seem to be deliberately sabotaging the process.

5. In the opening of "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," to what does the Colonel compare the Indians?
(a) Demons.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what is the most shocking thing that Hernández accuses the gauchos of?

2. Who is Juan Manuel de Rosas?

3. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does the Colonel fear the gauchos will do when they realize that their numbers give them power?

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

5. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz compare their journey to?

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