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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Part Two: The Fort": "Dressed to the Nines" through "A Bunch of Short Dark Hapsburgs".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," when China Iron says, of Liz, "She was my North and I was the quivering needle on a compass," (51), what rhetorical technique is being used?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

2. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what draws China Iron to Liz?
(a) Her easy laughter.
(b) Her singing voice.
(c) Her skin color.
(d) Her wealth.

3. In "We Come from Dust," what does China Iron realize that Liz is afraid of?
(a) Being swallowed up by the pampas.
(b) Indians.
(c) Her--China Iron.
(d) Running out of water and food.

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

5. In "British Science," what is an ombú?
(a) A flightless bird.
(b) A burrowing mammal.
(c) A reptile like a small crocodile.
(d) A large tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. When China Iron was a small child, where did she often hide?

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

3. How old was Rosario when he left home?

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

5. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the name of the Colonel who is in charge at the fort?

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