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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 does Oscar reveal that the Colonel offered him?
(a) His own estancia.
(b) A military escort.
(c) A job.
(d) A new wife.

2. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what does China Iron call "paradise" (150)?
(a) Estreya's love.
(b) Her relationship with Liz.
(c) The desert.
(d) The open sky.

3. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who are the titular "Hapsburgs"?
(a) The Indians.
(b) Children born of incest.
(c) The gauchos.
(d) An unknown group of intruders at the estancia.

4. In "As If the Milky Way Began or Ended Right There in Her Hands," what does China Iron say they will arrive at the Indian encampment "armed with" (143)?
(a) Transparency.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Civilization.
(d) Knowledge.

5. In the beginning of "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does China Iron say about her relationship with Liz?
(a) That now that she is older she realizes that what she felt for Liz was not love.
(b) That even then she understood that Liz was conflicted about her sexuality.
(c) That during their time at the fort she was beginning to see that Liz was cruel to her.
(d) That she might not have realized it at the time, but Liz was breaking her like a horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Biblical allusion does China Iron make in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?

2. In "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," what does Liz draw for China Iron at night?

3. How did Martín's gaucho lover die?

4. In "By Dint of Force," who is Braulio?

5. In "I Wish You Could See Us," what characteristic of the community's traveling does China Iron stress?

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