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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 "I Was Burning My Bridges," what does China Iron reveal about her early life?
(a) El Negro tried to sexually abuse her.
(b) Martín Fierro knew who her biological parents were.
(c) She tried to run away and join a convent.
(d) She once tried to kill La Negra.

2. What is the "cãna" referred to several times in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?
(a) An alcoholic beverage.
(b) A hand-rolled cigarette.
(c) A temporary camp.
(d) A method for cooking beef outdoors.

3. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who is Miss Daisy?
(a) The Colonel's deceased wife.
(b) A schoolteacher on the estancia.
(c) A woman that Rosario has begun a relationship with.
(d) One of the Colonel's servants.

4. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," what do China Iron and Liz see whenever it rains?
(a) Worms.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Flood water.
(d) Bones.

5. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz do that surprises and pleases China Iron?
(a) Cuts her hair short.
(b) Kisses her.
(c) Feeds her own food to Estreya.
(d) Gives China her own gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what draws China Iron to Liz?

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

3. What happens at the end of the dinner in "Do Come In, My Dear"?

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what name does China Iron give her dog?

5. In "Goodbye Colonel," what reason does the Colonel give for lying about the Indians?

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