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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 "An Orphan's Fate," why does the landowner's son kill Rosario's horse?
(a) It kicked him.
(b) Rosario threatened him.
(c) It threw him.
(d) Rosario stole his girlfriend.

2. 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?
(a) Disguises herself as a man.
(b) Loads both shotguns and teaches Liz to shoot.
(c) Begs Liz to turn the wagon around.
(d) Begins to teach Liz a few words of their language.

3. To what Biblical story does China Iron allude in "We Come from Dust"?
(a) The Persecution of Job.
(b) Noah's Ark.
(c) David and Goliath.
(d) Jonah and the Great Fish.

4. In "British Science," what book does Liz read aloud?
(a) Jane Eyre.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Don Quixote.
(d) Frankenstein.

5. In "We Come from Dust," what does China Iron realize that Liz is afraid of?
(a) Being swallowed up by the pampas.
(b) Running out of water and food.
(c) Indians.
(d) Her--China Iron.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what indigenous group did Rosario's mother belong?

2. When is the spring in Argentina?

3. In "British Science," what is China Iron's response to the book Liz reads to her?

4. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," how does the narrator indicate time passing rapidly?

5. What is Elizabeth's husband's name?

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