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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 "We Branded Each and Every Animal," to what does China Iron compare the Indians they are following?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Oxen.
(c) Cats.
(d) Snakes.

2. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what does Hernández declare is his "purpose in life" (87)?
(a) To make Liz comfortable in Argentina.
(b) To create better working conditions for the gauchos.
(c) Bringing trains to Argentina.
(d) Becoming the President of Argentina.

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

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

5. In "British Science," what is an ombú?
(a) A flightless bird.
(b) A burrowing mammal.
(c) A reptile like a small crocodile.
(d) A large tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," what tells them that they are nearing the desert?

2. In "The Whip and the Rod," what is Campo Malo"?

3. In "Tangled Legs," what is the main point of the poem that the gauchos recite?

4. In "Dressed to the Nines," what makes China Iron, Liz, and Rosario love one another even more?

5. In "By Dint of Force," who is Braulio?

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