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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 "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) It is an English dog.
(d) Its youth and radiance.

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

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

4. In "La China Isn't a Name," how does Liz react to learning that China Iron does not have her own name?
(a) She says that China's people are savages.
(b) She tells China that she must have misunderstood.
(c) She cries.
(d) She laughs and shrugs.

5. In "I Was Burning My Bridges," what is the name of China Iron's first love?
(a) Luka.
(b) Juan.
(c) Santos.
(d) Raúl.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "British Science," to what does China Iron compare Argentina?

2. When China Iron was a small child, where did she often hide?

3. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," what makes China Iron wish to be British?

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," how does China Iron end up getting married?

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

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