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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 "British Science," as China Iron lays awake at night, what idea occurs to her for the first time?
(a) She might be a landowner's daughter.
(b) Her children must miss her.
(c) Martín Fierro might be dead.
(d) La Negra might have kidnapped her.

2. In "Tangled Legs," what comparison does Liz make that shocks China Iron?
(a) She compares Hernández to God.
(b) She compares China Iron to a dog.
(c) She compares Rosario to a parasite.
(d) She compares the fort to Paradise.

3. How does Liz try to make sure that they will be safe at the fort?
(a) She coaches China Iron and Rosario in what to say.
(b) She dresses everyone in English clothing.
(c) She forges a letter from an official in Buenos Aires.
(d) She puts together a stack of presents and money to use as bribes.

4. What does the chapter title "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin" refer to?
(a) The new language and customs that China Iron is gradually learning.
(b) The dust that China Iron and Liz are always battling.
(c) The constant glare of the sun.
(d) The new fabrics that China Iron has become used to.

5. In his remarks about the role of the gauchos in "Tangled Legs," what importance does the Colonel assign them?
(a) They are just as important as the Indians.
(b) They are less important than cattle lice.
(c) They are just as important as his cattle.
(d) They are more important even than himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tangled Legs," what is the main point of the poem that the gauchos recite?

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

3. At the end of "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," whom does Liz ask to see?

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what draws China Iron to Liz?

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

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