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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 "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what does China Iron feel for the first time as the Colonel talks about Martín?
(a) That she owns something.
(b) That she misses her children.
(c) That she loves Martín.
(d) That the economy is unfairly structured.

2. In "That Strange Gaucho Who Fancied Himself as a Writer," what claim does the Colonel make about Buenos Aires?
(a) The estancias could not function without the business done in Buenos Aires.
(b) It is a parasite on the work of the estancias.
(c) It is too far away to matter to the life of the estancias.
(d) The taxes that he pays to the city should result in more help fighting the Indians.

3. What is a "carancho"?
(a) A large bird of prey.
(b) A desert-dwelling wild cat.
(c) An estancia owner.
(d) A ranch hand.

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

5. How does Liz try to make sure that they will be safe at the fort?
(a) She forges a letter from an official in Buenos Aires.
(b) She dresses everyone in English clothing.
(c) She puts together a stack of presents and money to use as bribes.
(d) She coaches China Iron and Rosario in what to say.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Punch and Whisky," why does China Iron spend the day listening to the Colonel's drunken ramblings?

2. In "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs," who begs Hernández to spare the lives of the gauchos who victimized Miss Daisy?

3. Who is in charge of punishing gauchos at the fort?

4. In "The Whip and the Rod," who first tells China Iron and Liz about the gaucho poet?

5. In "You Fucking Whore!" how many men are murdered by jealous gauchos?

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