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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Part Three: Indian Territory": "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," through "I Wish You Could See Us.".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what is the inside of Martín's home decorated with?
(a) Animal skins.
(b) Animal bones.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Flowers.

2. In "But We Don't Have Any Weapons," what does China Iron reveal sometimes get stuck in the trees?
(a) The children.
(b) Their hammocks.
(c) Their cattle.
(d) Their tents.

3. In "Dressed to the Nines," what makes China Iron, Liz, and Rosario love one another even more?
(a) Staying up late drinking and making up stories.
(b) Bones that remind them of their own mortality.
(c) Having shared their histories with one another.
(d) The knowledge that the end of their journey will probably mean separating.

4. In "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," how does the idea of dragons in the pampas make China Iron feel?
(a) Safe.
(b) Amused.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Afraid.

5. In "Under the British Empire," what does China Iron conclude about the Northern Hemisphere?
(a) That things must grow upward more easily there.
(b) That it is just pretend, like Liz's example of a head without a body.
(c) That it is unfair how much wealth is in that part of the world.
(d) That the people there are unusually violent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tangled Legs," what is the main point of the poem that the gauchos recite?

2. In "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," what symbolizes China Iron's and Martín's new gender identities?

3. On page 120 of "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does the Colonel call a "plague that all these starving peasants are trying to bring over from Europe"?

4. In "Light is Doubled on the Islands," what excuse does Liz give when she goes into town to buy nets?

5. In "Colours Became Detached from Their Objects," what two colors does China Iron mostly focus on?

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