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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," what does the Colonel claim to embody?
(a) Imperial power.
(b) Argentina's history.
(c) God.
(d) The man of the future.

2. In "British Science," what book does Liz read aloud?
(a) Don Quixote.
(b) Frankenstein.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) The Bible.

3. In "British Science," what is a "Franklin rod" (53)?
(a) A branding iron.
(b) A wagon axle.
(c) A device used to find water.
(d) A lightening rod.

4. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is the first thing that Liz does when they come to a river?
(a) Makes sure that everyone has a bath.
(b) Asks if China Iron knows how to swim.
(c) Shows China Iron how to pray for a safe crossing.
(d) Sends China Iron to the river to refill their water containers.

5. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what realization does China Iron have about the tea she is drinking?
(a) It represents the suffering of laborers.
(b) Drinking it makes her more like the British than she wants to be.
(c) It would be more efficient to grow the tea in Argentina instead of importing it.
(d) It holds the same place in British culture that coffee holds in her own.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "mate" referred to at the end of "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?

2. To what indigenous group did Rosario's mother belong?

3. In the opening of "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," what is China Iron learning about?

4. When China Iron sees the distress of the cow whose calf has been killed in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what does she briefly think of?

5. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what name does China Iron give her dog?

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