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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 "Dressed to the Nines," what makes China Iron, Liz, and Rosario love one another even more?
(a) Staying up late drinking and making up stories.
(b) Bones that remind them of their own mortality.
(c) The knowledge that the end of their journey will probably mean separating.
(d) Having shared their histories with one another.

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

3. In "Tangled Legs," what is the main point of the poem that the gauchos recite?
(a) That the gauchos and the land are one.
(b) That the Indians are a menace that must be erased from Argentina's landscape.
(c) That the British have treated Argentina unfairly.
(d) That the gauchos must be loyal to one another and feel unity with their masters.

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

5. When Liz and China Iron meet Rosario in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what is he carrying?
(a) A lamb.
(b) A rope.
(c) A bottle of whisky.
(d) A shotgun.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," how does the narrator indicate time passing rapidly?

2. In"A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what is the name of the fort?

3. In "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," how does the idea of dragons in the pampas make China Iron feel?

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

5. In "British Science," what book does Liz read aloud?

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