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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 Dust Cloud Can Linger," what is the name of the fort?
(a) Las Hortensias.
(b) Los Tulipanes.
(c) Las Violetas.
(d) Las Azucenas.

2. About how old is China Iron when she gets married?
(a) 11 or 12.
(b) 20 or 21.
(c) 17 or 18.
(d) 14 or 15.

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

4. In "Tangled Legs," what is China Iron's reaction to many of the military customs she encounters?
(a) She thinks that they were probably learned from the British.
(b) She admires their discipline and forward-thinking.
(c) She is confused and finds them meaningless.
(d) She hopes that Martín Fierro is as uncomfortable as the soldiers at the fort seem to be.

5. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what draws China Iron to Liz?
(a) Her skin color.
(b) Her wealth.
(c) Her singing voice.
(d) Her easy laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I Climaxed Too," what dynamic between China Iron and Liz is revealed?

2. 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"?

3. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the Colonel's perspective on the importation of European livestock?

4. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," from whom has China Iron heard terrifying stories about Indian raids?

5. In "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what does Rosario say he is looking for?

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