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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Part Two: The Fort": "The Whip and the Rod" through "Goodbye, Colonel".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," what draws China Iron to the puppy that she eventually adopts?
(a) Its youth and radiance.
(b) It is an English dog.
(c) It is starving and sick.
(d) It seems unusually clever.

2. In "At the Mercy of the Caranchos," how long have Liz and China Iron been traveling?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

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

4. In "Tank You Señora for Cure Me," what causes the pampas to look as if it is erupting?
(a) A thunderstorm.
(b) Stampeding cattle.
(c) Mountains.
(d) An earthquake.

5. In "British Science," what is a "Franklin rod" (53)?
(a) A lightening rod.
(b) A device used to find water.
(c) A branding iron.
(d) A wagon axle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "We Branded Each and Every Animal," what does Rosa spend time each day brushing off the oxen?

2. In "Punch and Whisky," what secret does Liz reveal to China Iron?

3. In "I Was Burning My Bridges," what is the name of China Iron's first love?

4. In "British Science," as China Iron lays awake at night, what idea occurs to her for the first time?

5. In "By Dint of Force," who is Braulio?

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