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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. What happens at the end of the dinner in "Do Come In, My Dear"?
(a) China Iron gets sick to her stomach from drinking so much red wine.
(b) China Iron begins to wonder if they are more hostage than guest at the estancia.
(c) The Colonel passes out from drinking and injures himself.
(d) The Colonel makes a drunken pass at Liz.

2. In "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," what does Liz draw for China Iron at night?
(a) Maps.
(b) Pictures of animals.
(c) Pictures of London.
(d) The alphabet and simple words.

3. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the name of the Colonel who is in charge at the fort?
(a) García.
(b) Moreno.
(c) Hernández.
(d) Ruiz.

4. In "Suspended in the Air," what wakes China Iron in the middle of the night?
(a) Liz's nearness.
(b) A noise outside the wagon.
(c) Estreya licking her face.
(d) A nightmare.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what indigenous group did Rosario's mother belong?

2. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," how do China Iron and Liz navigate?

3. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz do that surprises and pleases China Iron?

4. About how old is China Iron when she gets married?

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

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