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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 "It Was the Brightness of the Light," who does China Iron reveal will later kill El Negro?
(a) The estancia foreman.
(b) Martín.
(c) La Negra.
(d) China Iron.

2. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is the full name that China Iron creates for herself?
(a) China Josephine Star Iron.
(b) China Josephine Iron Estreya.
(c) China Iron Seraphina Estreya.
(d) China Seraphina Star Iron.

3. Who is Martín Fierro?
(a) China Iron's husband.
(b) China Iron's biological father.
(c) The estancia foreman.
(d) El Negro.

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

5. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what happens to China Iron's two sons after her husband is conscripted?
(a) Her husband insists that they go with him.
(b) She leaves them in the care of a neighbor couple.
(c) They both fall ill and die.
(d) She leaves them with La Negra.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "We Come from Dust," what does China Iron realize that Liz is afraid of?

2. What is Elizabeth's husband's name?

3. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," what do China Iron and Liz see whenever it rains?

4. In "Under the British Empire," where does Liz tell China Iron Great Britain is?

5. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is the first thing that Liz does when they come to a river?

(see the answer key)

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