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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 "I Was Burning My Bridges," what is the name of China Iron's first love?
(a) Santos.
(b) Raúl.
(c) Juan.
(d) Luka.

2. In "Tangled Legs," what does the Colonel reveal the purpose of the ditch to be?
(a) It is the linchpin of his defenses against Indian raids.
(b) It is intended more to keep the gauchos in than it is to keep people out.
(c) It is a burial ground for those killed fighting the Indians.
(d) It is a way of breaking new gauchos to accept his authority and discipline.

3. In "British Science," what is a "Franklin rod" (53)?
(a) A branding iron.
(b) A wagon axle.
(c) A lightening rod.
(d) A device used to find water.

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what draws China Iron to the puppy that she eventually adopts?
(a) It seems unusually clever.
(b) Its youth and radiance.
(c) It is an English dog.
(d) It is starving and sick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Biblical allusion does China Iron make in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?

2. In "A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what do the travelers see being constructed outside the fort?

3. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," what makes China Iron wish to be British?

4. At the end of "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what causes China Iron to draw her knife?

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

(see the answer key)

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