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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. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is China Iron most pleased to see inside the wagon?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Food.
(c) Shotguns.
(d) Books.

2. In In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what does Liz say makes scones taste better?
(a) Jam.
(b) Working hard to make them.
(c) The open air.
(d) Butter and cream.

3. What is a "carancho"?
(a) A desert-dwelling wild cat.
(b) An estancia owner.
(c) A large bird of prey.
(d) A ranch hand.

4. What Biblical allusion does China Iron make in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?
(a) The story of Noah's ark.
(b) The story of the Good Samaritan.
(c) The story of Lot's wife.
(d) The story of Jonah and the great fish.

5. 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 owns something.
(c) That the economy is unfairly structured.
(d) That she loves Martín.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz compare their journey to?

2. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does Hernández suggest might have deterred the gauchos from their crime in the first place?

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

4. In "British Science," what is China Iron's response to the book Liz reads to her?

5. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron call "paradise" (150)?

(see the answer key)

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