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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. What is the "mate" referred to at the end of "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?
(a) A partner.
(b) A mortar and pestle.
(c) A caffeine-rich beverage.
(d) A breakfast porridge.

2. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does the Colonel claim to embody?
(a) The man of the future.
(b) Argentina's history.
(c) God.
(d) Imperial power.

3. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," what makes China Iron wish to be British?
(a) Liz's stories.
(b) The material goods that Liz has with her.
(c) The food that Liz cooks.
(d) Whisky.

4. In "Tangled Legs," what word does the Colonel use to refer to his female servants?
(a) Parasites.
(b) China.
(c) Ladies.
(d) Larvae.

5. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what happens to China Iron's two sons after her husband is conscripted?
(a) She leaves them in the care of a neighbor couple.
(b) She leaves them with La Negra.
(c) They both fall ill and die.
(d) Her husband insists that they go with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Orphan's Fate," who is the first man that Rosario kills?

2. In "I Climaxed Too," what dynamic between China Iron and Liz is revealed?

3. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what is the most shocking thing that Hernández accuses the gauchos of?

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

5. In "La China Isn't a Name," how does Liz react to learning that China Iron does not have her own name?

(see the answer key)

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