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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message is delivered to the mayordomo?
(a) That Chúcaro has been returned to the other ranch.
(b) That Juan and Pedro have left the ranch.
(c) The terms of Armando owning Chúcaro.
(d) That Pedro says Armando may not have Chúcaro under any circumstance.

2. Who is coming to visit soon?
(a) The governor.
(b) Pedro's aunt and uncle.
(c) The estanciero.
(d) El Presidente.

3. What is Armando doing when Pedro arrives with Chúcaro?
(a) Eating.
(b) Practicing in the corral.
(c) Yelling at his father.
(d) Sulking in the barn.

4. What would happen if Armando is successful?
(a) Pedro will have to decide if he will allow Armando to have Chúcaro.
(b) Pedro will share Chúcaro with Armando.
(c) Chúcaro will become his horse.
(d) Armando will get Chúcaro but will have to pay a fair price.

5. What does the mayordomo say in a telegraph to Señor Muñez?
(a) About a severe drought.
(b) About Chúcaro.
(c) About a new fire raging west of the ranch.
(d) About the bumper crop this year.

6. Where does the Vaquero go when Juan and Pedro stop for the night?
(a) Back home.
(b) He stays with them.
(c) To the ranch office.
(d) To the store in the village.

7. What does Pedro's father seem to be?
(a) A dreamer.
(b) A heavy drinker.
(c) A good for nothing.
(d) A jolly man.

8. What does the Vaquero report about Chúcaro?
(a) The patrón wants Chúcaro put down because the horse is dangerous.
(b) The mayordomo has taken Chúcaro.
(c) The mayordomo has seen the horse.
(d) Chúcaro has escaped.

9. What are some adjectives the narrator uses to describe a estanciero/patrón?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Honest.
(c) Good or bad and wise or foolish.
(d) Generous.

10. What is close to breaking?
(a) The food tables.
(b) The bola.
(c) The fence.
(d) The slingshot.

11. What is Juan making for Pedro?
(a) A flint and striker.
(b) A straw sun hat.
(c) A bola small enough for him to handle.
(d) A bow and arrow.

12. What does Armando hit?
(a) An elderly woman.
(b) Chúcaro.
(c) The mayordomo.
(d) His father.

13. What happens when they reconvene and Armando throws again?
(a) He misses Chúcaro by a long way.
(b) He lassos Chúcaro perfectly.
(c) He lassos a pig that has wandered in.
(d) He slips and falls in the mud.

14. How does the crowd respond to Armando?
(a) They applaud him.
(b) They are quiet.
(c) They boo him.
(d) They laugh at him.

15. What does Armando lie about to his father?
(a) That Juan told Armando Juan would hurt him later.
(b) That Juan allowed Chúcaro to kick him.
(c) That Pedro allowed Chúcaro to kick him.
(d) That Pedro told Armando Juan would hurt him later.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Armando claim about the ranch?

2. How does the mayordomo respond to what the Vaquero tells him?

3. What causes Señor Muñez a great deal of stress?

4. How long will it take for them to get there?

5. What are the young boys cheering?

(see the answer keys)

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