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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 "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what criticism does China Iron level at her own country?
(a) It is not advanced scientifically.
(b) It is too focused on men.
(c) It ignores the suffering of the Indians.
(d) It produces a lot of carcasses.

2. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," what tells them that they are nearing the desert?
(a) They begin to see the tracks of Indians.
(b) They begin to see desert plants.
(c) They begin to see sand dunes.
(d) They begin to see desert animals.

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

4. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," from whom has China Iron heard terrifying stories about Indian raids?
(a) Rosario.
(b) Martín Fierro.
(c) Liz.
(d) The old people at her former settlement.

5. In "La China Isn't a Name," when China Iron mentions someday wearing gaucho pants, what literary technique is being used?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Suspended in the Air," what wakes China Iron in the middle of the night?

3. In "La China Isn't a Name," what does China Iron see for the first time?

4. In "A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what does Rosario see coming toward them when the dust settles?

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

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