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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. In "La China Isn't a Name," when China Iron mentions someday wearing gaucho pants, what literary technique is being used?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Foreshadowing.

2. About how old is China Iron when she gets married?
(a) 20 or 21.
(b) 14 or 15.
(c) 17 or 18.
(d) 11 or 12.

3. In "Suspended in the Air," what wakes China Iron in the middle of the night?
(a) A noise outside the wagon.
(b) A nightmare.
(c) Liz's nearness.
(d) Estreya licking her face.

4. In "An Orphan's Fate," what is the name of Rosario's boyhood horse?
(a) Bizco.
(b) Braulio.
(c) Curry.
(d) Chacho.

5. To what indigenous group did Rosario's mother belong?
(a) Quechua.
(b) Charrúa.
(c) Tehuelche.
(d) Guaraní.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "I Was Burning My Bridges," what does China Iron reveal about her early life?

3. In "Under the British Empire," where does Liz tell China Iron Great Britain is?

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

5. 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?

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