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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 "Punch and Whisky," why does Liz use lemons and oranges to make her punch?
(a) They will hide how much alcohol she is adding.
(b) There is no other fruit at the estancia.
(c) They are specifically mentioned in "El Gaucho Martín Fierro."
(d) They are Hernández's favorites.

2. 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?
(a) Put down their tools and walk off the estancias.
(b) Form collectives.
(c) Nationalize the estancias.
(d) Rise up and kill the landowners and overseers.

3. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz compare their journey to?
(a) The journey of the Israelites.
(b) The journey of Columbus.
(c) The journey of Joseph and Mary.
(d) The journey of Marco Polo.

4. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what claim does the Colonel make about Buenos Aires?
(a) The taxes that he pays to the city should result in more help fighting the Indians.
(b) It is too far away to matter to the life of the estancias.
(c) The estancias could not function without the business done in Buenos Aires.
(d) It is a parasite on the work of the estancias.

5. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron notice about sex and clothing among the Indians?
(a) Men wear headdresses, but women do not.
(b) Women wear feathered capes, but men do not.
(c) Flamingo feathers seem to be reserved for women.
(d) Their clothing does not vary according to sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening of "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," what is China Iron learning about?

2. In "As If the Milky Way Began or Ended Right There in Her Hands," when China Iron mentions how much Kaukalitrán will love the black-plumed chickens, what literary technique is being used?

3. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," what does Rosa spend time each day brushing off the oxen?

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

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

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