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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," what is China Iron most pleased to see inside the wagon?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Shotguns.
(c) Food.
(d) Books.

2. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," how long have Liz and China Iron been traveling?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

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

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what name does China Iron give her dog?
(a) Estancia.
(b) Dorado.
(c) Carancho.
(d) Estreya.

5. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," how does the narrator indicate time passing rapidly?
(a) She tells how tall she was when she left and how tall she was when she arrived.
(b) She describes the wagon traveling through a map of the pampas.
(c) She describes the many books she has learned how to read.
(d) She offers a montage of scenes from their travels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "mate" referred to at the end of "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?

2. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," what does Rosa spend time each day brushing off the oxen?

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 "We Branded Each and Every Animal," which indigenous group are China Iron and the others traveling towards?

5. In "La China Isn't a Name," when China Iron mentions someday wearing gaucho pants, what literary technique is being used?

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