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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 "Goodbye Colonel," when Liz asks where the Colonel thinks her husband is, what is his ultimate conclusion?
(a) Oscar has probably deserted her.
(b) Oscar has probably been captured by Indians.
(c) Oscar is probably serving in the Argentine army.
(d) Oscar is probably in jail.

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?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Personification.

3. At the end of "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," whom does Liz ask to see?
(a) The children born of incest.
(b) Miss Daisy's children.
(c) Miss Daisy.
(d) The gauchos who committed the crime against Miss Daisy.

4. In the opening of "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," what is China Iron learning about?
(a) Abstraction.
(b) Perspective.
(c) Deduction.
(d) Philosophy.

5. In "British Science," as China Iron lays awake at night, what idea occurs to her for the first time?
(a) La Negra might have kidnapped her.
(b) She might be a landowner's daughter.
(c) Her children must miss her.
(d) Martín Fierro might be dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does China Iron say about her relationship with Liz?

2. What is Elizabeth's husband's name?

3. In "Punch and Whisky," why does Liz use lemons and oranges to make her punch?

4. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," when China Iron says, of Liz, "She was my North and I was the quivering needle on a compass," (51), what rhetorical technique is being used?

5. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what is the name of the first Indian to embrace China Iron?

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