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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Part Two: The Fort": "The Whip and the Rod" through "Goodbye, Colonel".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," which indigenous group are China Iron and the others traveling towards?
(a) Tehuelche.
(b) Guaraní.
(c) Charrúa.
(d) Quechua.

2. In "British Science," to what does China Iron compare Argentina?
(a) A womb.
(b) A cow.
(c) A gaucho.
(d) A china (woman).

3. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what realization does China Iron have about the tea she is drinking?
(a) Drinking it makes her more like the British than she wants to be.
(b) It holds the same place in British culture that coffee holds in her own.
(c) It would be more efficient to grow the tea in Argentina instead of importing it.
(d) It represents the suffering of laborers.

4. In "We Come from Dust," what does China Iron realize that Liz is afraid of?
(a) Running out of water and food.
(b) Her--China Iron.
(c) Being swallowed up by the pampas.
(d) Indians.

5. In "The Whip and the Rod," what is the "beef roll"?
(a) A game involving cattle.
(b) An execution method.
(c) The Colonel's favorite dish.
(d) Cattle theft from neighboring estancias.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tangled Legs," what does the Colonel reveal the purpose of the ditch to be?

2. In "Do Come In, My Dear," how does Hernández refer to England?

3. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the name of the Colonel who is in charge at the fort?

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what draws China Iron to the puppy that she eventually adopts?

5. In "The Wagon," what mission has Liz undertaken?

(see the answer key)

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