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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Part Three: Indian Territory": "Frothing like Foam" through "Most Were Naked and Beautiful.".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Martín Fierro?
(a) El Negro.
(b) China Iron's husband.
(c) China Iron's biological father.
(d) The estancia foreman.

2. On page 98 of "Tangled Legs," what technique is being used when China Iron says that people started singing Martín Fierro's songs in places he had never been, "as I would discover right there in Hernández's fort"?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Synechdoche.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing.

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

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 misses her children.
(b) That she loves Martín.
(c) That she owns something.
(d) That the economy is unfairly structured.

5. On page 157 of "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," who does China Iron say looks like "a china disguised as a flamingo"?
(a) Rosario.
(b) Herself.
(c) Liz.
(d) Martín Fierro.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," how long does it take the travelers to notice that they are being tracked by the Indians?

2. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron say is the only thing the group can do while traveling through Indian Territory?

3. In "An Orphan's Fate," why does the landowner's son kill Rosario's horse?

4. To what does China Iron compare the pampas when they leave the fort in "Frothing like Foam"?

5. In "A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what does Rosario see coming toward them when the dust settles?

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