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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," how do China Iron and Liz navigate?
(a) Using a compass.
(b) Using markers on the land itself.
(c) Using the stars.
(d) Using a map.

2. In "By Dint of Force," what does Liz say is the source of Great Britain's power?
(a) Speed.
(b) The monarchy.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Intelligence.

3. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is the full name that China Iron creates for herself?
(a) China Josephine Star Iron.
(b) China Iron Seraphina Estreya.
(c) China Seraphina Star Iron.
(d) China Josephine Iron Estreya.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "carancho"?

2. In "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," how does the idea of dragons in the pampas make China Iron feel?

3. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does China Iron do when the women realize they are close to a group of Indians?

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what draws China Iron to Liz?

5. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," what does the Colonel claim to embody?

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