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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. To what Biblical story does China Iron allude in "We Come from Dust"?
(a) Noah's Ark.
(b) The Persecution of Job.
(c) Jonah and the Great Fish.
(d) David and Goliath.

2. In "La China Isn't a Name," when China Iron mentions someday wearing gaucho pants, what literary technique is being used?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Synechdoche.

3. In "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," what does Liz draw for China Iron at night?
(a) Pictures of London.
(b) The alphabet and simple words.
(c) Pictures of animals.
(d) Maps.

4. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," how do China Iron and Liz navigate?
(a) Using a compass.
(b) Using the stars.
(c) Using markers on the land itself.
(d) Using a map.

5. 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 cries.
(c) She tells China that she must have misunderstood.
(d) She laughs and shrugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lost in Thought, into the Muck I Sank," what does Liz compare their journey to?

2. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," who does China Iron reveal will later kill El Negro?

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

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

5. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is China Iron most pleased to see inside the wagon?

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