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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 "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does the Colonel say about the mixed ancestry of the gauchos?
(a) They represent both the past and the future of Argentina.
(b) Their loyalties are always divided.
(c) They did not inherit the best qualities of either race.
(d) They are a new kind of man.

2. When China Iron sees the distress of the cow whose calf has been killed in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what does she briefly think of?
(a) Her own children.
(b) Her childhood.
(c) Her love for Estreya.
(d) Her biological mother.

3. What is the meaning of China Iron's dog's name?
(a) Star.
(b) Iron.
(c) Home.
(d) Gold.

4. In his remarks about the role of the gauchos in "Tangled Legs," what importance does the Colonel assign them?
(a) They are more important even than himself.
(b) They are just as important as his cattle.
(c) They are less important than cattle lice.
(d) They are just as important as the Indians.

5. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who is Miss Daisy?
(a) A schoolteacher on the estancia.
(b) A woman that Rosario has begun a relationship with.
(c) The Colonel's deceased wife.
(d) One of the Colonel's servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "British Science," as China Iron lays awake at night, what idea occurs to her for the first time?

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

3. In "The Whip and the Rod," what is the "beef roll"?

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

5. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," how long have Liz and China Iron been traveling?

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