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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Part One: The Pampas": "The Morbid Light of Dead Men's Bones" through "A Prophet with a Paintbrush".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "British Science," as China Iron lays awake at night, what idea occurs to her for the first time?
(a) Her children must miss her.
(b) Martín Fierro might be dead.
(c) She might be a landowner's daughter.
(d) La Negra might have kidnapped her.

3. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," who does China Iron reveal will later kill El Negro?
(a) La Negra.
(b) China Iron.
(c) Martín.
(d) The estancia foreman.

4. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," what do China Iron and Liz see whenever it rains?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Flood water.
(c) Worms.
(d) Bones.

5. In "British Science," what is a "Franklin rod" (53)?
(a) A device used to find water.
(b) A lightening rod.
(c) A branding iron.
(d) A wagon axle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When China Iron sees the distress of the cow whose calf has been killed in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what does she briefly think of?

2. In "An Orphan's Fate," why does the landowner's son kill Rosario's horse?

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

4. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," from whom has China Iron heard terrifying stories about Indian raids?

5. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is the first thing that Liz does when they come to a river?

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