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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 Biblical allusion does China Iron make in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?
(a) The story of the Good Samaritan.
(b) The story of Jonah and the great fish.
(c) The story of Noah's ark.
(d) The story of Lot's wife.

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

3. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," what tells them that they are nearing the desert?
(a) They begin to see the tracks of Indians.
(b) They begin to see sand dunes.
(c) They begin to see desert animals.
(d) They begin to see desert plants.

4. What is Elizabeth's husband's name?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Francisco.
(d) Jacob.

5. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," when China Iron says, of Liz, "She was my North and I was the quivering needle on a compass," (51), what rhetorical technique is being used?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I Was Burning My Bridges," what is the name of China Iron's first love?

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

3. What is the meaning of China Iron's dog's name?

4. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what criticism does China Iron level at her own country?

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

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