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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 "British Science," what has China Iron begun to call Rosario?
(a) Rosarito.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Gaucho.
(d) Vaquero.

2. In "La China Isn't a Name," what does China Iron see for the first time?
(a) Printed words.
(b) Her own reflection in a mirror.
(c) An Indian girl her own age.
(d) A petticoat.

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

4. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," why do the travelers not know where to stop their wagon?
(a) They are not sure if they will be attacked for stopping too near the encampment.
(b) Different Indians gesture to them to stop in different places.
(c) The ground seems too muddy to stop on without getting stuck.
(d) They cannot identify a tent that seems to belong to a leader.

5. In "The Morbid Light of Dead Men's Bones," what does Liz say about China Iron's people?
(a) She calls them murderers.
(b) She says that they are less intelligent than the British.
(c) She calls them savages.
(d) She says that they do not understand death.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 157 of "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," who does China Iron say looks like "a china disguised as a flamingo"?

2. In "Suspended in the Air," what wakes China Iron in the middle of the night?

3. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does the Colonel fear the gauchos will do when they realize that their numbers give them power?

4. In "La China Isn't a Name," when China Iron mentions someday wearing gaucho pants, what literary technique is being used?

5. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what claim does the Colonel make about having stolen Martín Fierro's writing?

(see the answer key)

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