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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Part Two: The Fort": "Dressed to the Nines" through "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz compare their journey to?
(a) The journey of Marco Polo.
(b) The journey of Columbus.
(c) The journey of the Israelites.
(d) The journey of Joseph and Mary.

2. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," when China Iron says, of Liz, "She was my North and I was the quivering needle on a compass," (51), what rhetorical technique is being used?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

3. In "British Science," what has China Iron begun to call Rosario?
(a) Vaquero.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Rosarito.
(d) Gaucho.

4. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the Colonel's perspective on the importation of European livestock?
(a) He believes that it is driving prices up.
(b) He believes that it introduces diseases into Argentine stock.
(c) He believes that it improves Argentine stock.
(d) He believes that it is an unnecessary example of European vanity.

5. In "An Orphan's Fate," why does the landowner's son kill Rosario's horse?
(a) Rosario stole his girlfriend.
(b) It threw him.
(c) It kicked him.
(d) Rosario threatened him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," how does China Iron end up getting married?

2. In "Under the British Empire," what does China Iron conclude about the Northern Hemisphere?

3. In his remarks about the role of the gauchos in "Tangled Legs," what importance does the Colonel assign them?

4. To what Biblical story does China Iron allude in "We Come from Dust"?

5. In "Tangled Legs," what word does the Colonel use to refer to his female servants?

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