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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 "The Wagon," what mission has Liz undertaken?
(a) Rescuing her husband and taking over the ranch they were supposed to run.
(b) Learning how to drive a wagon and ride a horse.
(c) Learning Spanish and teaching China Iron English.
(d) Teaching China Iron to read and write.

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

3. When China Iron was a small child, where did she often hide?
(a) In the closet.
(b) In a tree.
(c) In the neighbor's hut.
(d) In a trunk.

4. 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 sand dunes.
(c) They begin to see desert plants.
(d) They begin to see desert animals.

5. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does Hernández suggest might have deterred the gauchos from their crime in the first place?
(a) If they had been white, they might not have committed such a crime.
(b) If Miss Daisy had not been so pretty, they might not have committed the crime.
(c) If they had not all been so drunk, they might not have committed the crime.
(d) If Miss Daisy had been a nicer teacher, they might not have committed the crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," which indigenous group are China Iron and the others traveling towards?

2. What is a "carancho"?

3. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who are the titular "Hapsburgs"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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