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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. Who is Juan Manuel de Rosas?
(a) China Iron's biological father.
(b) An Argentine dictator.
(c) A famous Argentinian writer.
(d) Rosario's stepfather.

2. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," to what does China Iron compare traveling on horseback or in the wagon?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Singing a song.
(c) Hearing a story.
(d) Flying.

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

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," China Iron's husband is "conscripted." What happens to him?
(a) He is drowned in the flooded river.
(b) He is seriously injured by a horse.
(c) He is forced into service in the army.
(d) He is jailed for a debt.

5. When is the spring in Argentina?
(a) March through May.
(b) September through November.
(c) December through February.
(d) June through August.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Biblical allusion does China Iron make in "Tank You Señora for Cure Me"?

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

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

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

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

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