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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what group of people does Pedro belong?
(a) Luli.
(b) Vaquero.
(c) Chorote.
(d) Chulupi.

2. How big is Juan's home?
(a) Three rooms.
(b) Small.
(c) Five rooms.
(d) Ten rooms.

3. What is one instance when the weather around Pedro's home is sad?
(a) When it rains so long, homes are flooded.
(b) When hail destroys the crops.
(c) When it's so cold, it's difficult to be outside.
(d) When it's so dry there is dust on everything.

4. What is Juan's singing voice like?
(a) Juan never sings.
(b) Lovely.
(c) Scratchy.
(d) Off-tune.

5. What is maté?
(a) A corn paste.
(b) A type of potato.
(c) A drink.
(d) A seasoning for meat.

6. What type of vegetables do gauchos eat?
(a) Lots of tomatoes and corn.
(b) Few.
(c) Probably several dozen types.
(d) Lots of celery, carrots and greens.

7. What happens when Pedro falls asleep listening to Juan?
(a) Juan wakes Pedro and has him go home.
(b) Juan carries him to Pedro's father's house.
(c) Juan carries him inside.
(d) Juan leads Chúcaro to Pedro's father's house.

8. How does Chúcaro like being groomed?
(a) He is thrilled.
(b) He endures it but is restless.
(c) He bites Pedro.
(d) He hates it.

9. What is a mayordomo?
(a) A farm manager.
(b) A mediation administrator.
(c) A tax collector.
(d) A surveyor.

10. What do some people think Juan has captured?
(a) The jack rabbit in the cage in his yard.
(b) The man in the wanted poster.
(c) The dove that sits on his porch railing.
(d) The goshawk that sits on his porch railing.

11. How is Chúcaro considered by many?
(a) As a magical horse.
(b) As a miracle.
(c) As an angel.
(d) As a gift from Dios.

12. What is narrated in Chapter 7 concerning the gauchos?
(a) How they catch wild horses.
(b) How they hunt.
(c) A typical pastime.
(d) How they decide who will be their leader.

13. Who remembers the postcard in Juan's home?
(a) Just Pedro.
(b) No one.
(c) Almost everyone.
(d) Just Maria.

14. For what are 1000 pesos offered?
(a) The wanted man in the poster.
(b) To anyone who can ride a particularly mean bull.
(c) To anyone who can catch the pink stallion.
(d) To anyone who can climb the east side of a mountain.

15. What is the Ombu?
(a) A group of nomads in Central America.
(b) The solitary tree of the prairie.
(c) A group of nomads in Argentina.
(d) A grass that grows on the Pampa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a casita?

2. What is mentioned as being yellow?

3. What causes Pedro's father to lose his joy for life?

4. What does Juan do differently from usual concerning one of his kerchiefs?

5. How is a spit used by gauchos?

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