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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Part Two: The Fort": "The Whip and the Rod" through "Goodbye, Colonel".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "I Climaxed Too," what dynamic between China Iron and Liz is revealed?
(a) China Iron is too innocent to understand Liz's intentions.
(b) Liz dominates and controls their relationship.
(c) Liz is only attracted to the more feminine aspects of China Iron's personality.
(d) China Iron has been secretly manipulating Liz's emotions.

2. In "An Orphan's Fate," what is the name of Rosario's boyhood horse?
(a) Chacho.
(b) Bizco.
(c) Curry.
(d) Braulio.

3. In "Punch and Whisky," why does China Iron spend the day listening to the Colonel's drunken ramblings?
(a) He physically prevents her from leaving him.
(b) She is trying to figure out how to get justice for her family.
(c) Liz has told her to keep the Colonel occupied.
(d) She is interested in his ideas about the Argentine economy.

4. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does China Iron feel for the first time as the Colonel talks about Martín?
(a) That she loves Martín.
(b) That she misses her children.
(c) That the economy is unfairly structured.
(d) That she owns something.

5. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," when China Iron says, of Liz, "She was my North and I was the quivering needle on a compass," (51), what rhetorical technique is being used?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Liz and China Iron meet Rosario in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what is he carrying?

2. In "Punch and Whisky," why does Liz use lemons and oranges to make her punch?

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

4. To what Biblical story does China Iron allude in "We Come from Dust"?

5. In "The Morbid Light of Dead Men's Bones," what does Liz say about China Iron's people?

(see the answer key)

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