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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. About how old is China Iron when she gets married?
(a) 11 or 12.
(b) 14 or 15.
(c) 17 or 18.
(d) 20 or 21.

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

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

4. How old was Rosario when he left home?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

5. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is China Iron most pleased to see inside the wagon?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Books.
(c) Food.
(d) Shotguns.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Martín Fierro?

3. In "British Science," as China Iron lays awake at night, what idea occurs to her for the first time?

4. In "British Science," what has China Iron begun to call Rosario?

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

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