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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. What does the chapter title "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin" refer to?
(a) The dust that China Iron and Liz are always battling.
(b) The constant glare of the sun.
(c) The new language and customs that China Iron is gradually learning.
(d) The new fabrics that China Iron has become used to.

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

3. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," what do China Iron and Liz see whenever it rains?
(a) Flood water.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Bones.
(d) Worms.

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

5. In "La China Isn't a Name," what is the first thing that Liz does when they come to a river?
(a) Shows China Iron how to pray for a safe crossing.
(b) Sends China Iron to the river to refill their water containers.
(c) Asks if China Iron knows how to swim.
(d) Makes sure that everyone has a bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening of "Dragons and My Pampa All Mixed Up Together," what is China Iron learning about?

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

3. Who is Martín Fierro?

4. In "Under the British Empire," what does China Iron conclude about the Northern Hemisphere?

5. In "La China Isn't a Name," how does Liz react to learning that China Iron does not have her own name?

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