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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. How old was Rosario when he left home?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

2. To what indigenous group did Rosario's mother belong?
(a) Quechua.
(b) Tehuelche.
(c) Guaraní.
(d) Charrúa.

3. When is the spring in Argentina?
(a) December through February.
(b) September through November.
(c) March through May.
(d) June through August.

4. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what is the most shocking thing that Hernández accuses the gauchos of?
(a) Murder.
(b) Incest.
(c) Theft.
(d) Vandalism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what criticism does China Iron level at her own country?

2. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does China Iron do when the women realize they are close to a group of Indians?

3. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does the Colonel say about the mixed ancestry of the gauchos?

4. How does Liz try to make sure that they will be safe at the fort?

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

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