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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) Books.
(c) Shotguns.
(d) Food.

2. In "British Science," what has China Iron begun to call Rosario?
(a) Vaquero.
(b) Rosarito.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Gaucho.

3. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," which indigenous group are China Iron and the others traveling towards?
(a) Tehuelche.
(b) Quechua.
(c) Guaraní.
(d) Charrúa.

4. In "By Dint of Force," what does Liz say is the source of Great Britain's power?
(a) Speed.
(b) Weapons.
(c) The monarchy.
(d) Intelligence.

5. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what draws China Iron to the puppy that she eventually adopts?
(a) It is an English dog.
(b) Its youth and radiance.
(c) It is starving and sick.
(d) It seems unusually clever.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Rosario when he left home?

2. In "Under the British Empire," what does China Iron wear for the first time in her life?

3. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," China Iron's husband is "conscripted." What happens to him?

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," who does China Iron reveal will later kill El Negro?

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

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