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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Part One: The Pampas": "It Was the Brightness of the Light" through "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz compare their journey to?
(a) The journey of Columbus.
(b) The journey of the Israelites.
(c) The journey of Joseph and Mary.
(d) The journey of Marco Polo.

3. In the opening of "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," what is China Iron learning about?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Perspective.
(c) Abstraction.
(d) Deduction.

4. In "Under the British Empire," what does China Iron wear for the first time in her life?
(a) A petticoat.
(b) A corset.
(c) Leather shoes.
(d) A raincoat.

5. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what name does China Iron give her dog?
(a) Estreya.
(b) Estancia.
(c) Carancho.
(d) Dorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," what tells them that they are nearing the desert?

2. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is the full name that China Iron creates for herself?

3. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what happens to China Iron's two sons after her husband is conscripted?

4. In "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," how does the idea of dragons in the pampas make China Iron feel?

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

(see the answer key)

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