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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. To what does China Iron compare the pampas when they leave the fort in "Frothing like Foam"?
(a) Tea.
(b) The sea.
(c) The froth in a cup of mate.
(d) The desert sand.

2. 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) Allusion.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

3. What is a "carancho"?
(a) A large bird of prey.
(b) A ranch hand.
(c) An estancia owner.
(d) A desert-dwelling wild cat.

4. In "Frothing like Foam," what does China Iron say "is the best air" (141)?
(a) Music.
(b) Love.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Safety.

5. In "Tangled Legs," what is the main point of the poem that the gauchos recite?
(a) That the gauchos must be loyal to one another and feel unity with their masters.
(b) That the Indians are a menace that must be erased from Argentina's landscape.
(c) That the gauchos and the land are one.
(d) That the British have treated Argentina unfairly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," why do the travelers not know where to stop their wagon?

2. In "Punch and Whisky," what promise does China Iron make to Estreya?

3. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what is the name of the first Indian to embrace China Iron?

4. In "By Dint of Force," who is Braulio?

5. In the opening of "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," to what does the Colonel compare the Indians?

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