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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Part Two: The Fort": "Dressed to the Nines" through "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who is Miss Daisy?
(a) One of the Colonel's servants.
(b) A schoolteacher on the estancia.
(c) A woman that Rosario has begun a relationship with.
(d) The Colonel's deceased wife.

2. In "Under the British Empire," what does China Iron conclude about the Northern Hemisphere?
(a) That things must grow upward more easily there.
(b) That it is just pretend, like Liz's example of a head without a body.
(c) That it is unfair how much wealth is in that part of the world.
(d) That the people there are unusually violent.

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

4. In "British Science," to what does China Iron compare Argentina?
(a) A womb.
(b) A gaucho.
(c) A china (woman).
(d) A cow.

5. In "A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what does Rosario see coming toward them when the dust settles?
(a) Armed men on horseback.
(b) A wagon headed in the opposite direction.
(c) A cattle stampede.
(d) Various wild animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "cãna" referred to several times in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?

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

3. On page 98 of "Tangled Legs," what technique is being used when China Iron says that people started singing Martín Fierro's songs in places he had never been, "as I would discover right there in Hernández's fort"?

4. When is the spring in Argentina?

5. When Liz and China Iron meet Rosario in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what is he carrying?

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