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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 "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what criticism does China Iron level at her own country?
(a) It is not advanced scientifically.
(b) It ignores the suffering of the Indians.
(c) It is too focused on men.
(d) It produces a lot of carcasses.

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

3. In "La China Isn't a Name," what does China Iron see for the first time?
(a) A petticoat.
(b) Printed words.
(c) An Indian girl her own age.
(d) Her own reflection in a mirror.

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

5. In "Under the British Empire," where does Liz tell China Iron Great Britain is?
(a) Near the top of the globe.
(b) Halfway between Argentina and China.
(c) Far away across the ocean.
(d) In the exact center of the globe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz do that surprises and pleases China Iron?

2. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what draws China Iron to Liz?

3. In "La China Isn't a Name," how does Liz react to learning that China Iron does not have her own name?

4. What is the "cãna" referred to several times in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?

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

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