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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Juan do differently from usual concerning one of his kerchiefs?
(a) Ties his kerchief to a fence post to scare birds eating the seed.
(b) Wears his Sunday kerchief on a different day.
(c) Let's Pedro's father wear one of Juan's kerchiefs.
(d) Ties one of his kerchiefs on Chúcaro's saddle horn.

2. Where are the waterfalls that are depicted on a poster?
(a) Cisne.
(b) Pascua.
(c) Iguaçu.
(d) Patia.

3. What is the largest city in Argentina?
(a) Salta.
(b) Chubut.
(c) Chaco.
(d) Buenos Aires.

4. What is another thing the mayordomo does?
(a) Works in the fields to train others.
(b) Barters for new livestock.
(c) Decides when to sell land.
(d) Goes to meetings in Buenos Aires.

5. What does the Pampa seem if looked at from an airplane?
(a) Dead.
(b) Vibrant.
(c) Dry.
(d) Swampy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Juan thrown to Pedrito?

2. How is a spit used by gauchos?

3. How many farms are grouped into a large estate?

4. What is a currycomb?

5. What is Juan's singing voice like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the gauchos love to do when they gather?

2. What does a mayordomo do?

3. What do many people think about the mayordomo's demand and what does Juan think?

4. What does the narrator say about the average estanciero and about Señor Muñez in particular?

5. What does the mayordomo know and what does he not yet know?

6. Describe what Juan is constructing.

7. How does Armando do on the first lasso attempt and what is the people's reaction?

8. What does Chapter 7 describe?

9. What is an estancia?

10. Explain what is said about Juan's kerchiefs.

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