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

2. In "You Fucking Whore!" how many men are murdered by jealous gauchos?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 31.
(d) 20.

3. In "Tangled Legs," what is China Iron's reaction to many of the military customs she encounters?
(a) She hopes that Martín Fierro is as uncomfortable as the soldiers at the fort seem to be.
(b) She thinks that they were probably learned from the British.
(c) She is confused and finds them meaningless.
(d) She admires their discipline and forward-thinking.

4. In "British Science," what book does Liz read aloud?
(a) Don Quixote.
(b) Frankenstein.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) The Bible.

5. What crimes are punishable by death at Hernández's fort?
(a) Murder and theft.
(b) Theft and murder.
(c) Murder and desertion.
(d) Rape and desertion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chapter title "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin" refer to?

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

3. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," China Iron's husband is "conscripted." What happens to him?

4. In "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what causes the pampas to look as if it is erupting?

5. In the section of "El Gaucho Martín Fierro" that Liz quotes in "Goodbye Colonel," whom do the Indians kill?

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