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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 is the most important postcard Juan has?
(a) One telling him he is granted some farmland.
(b) One he receives from a girl.
(c) One that is sold to tourists that depicts his father on a horse.
(d) One that announces the return of the native peoples to their lands.

2. How do gauchos usually cook their meat?
(a) On a grill over an open fire.
(b) Boiled with potatoes.
(c) In pits on hot stones.
(d) In stews.

3. What does Maria guess is going on with Juan?
(a) She has no idea.
(b) That Juan is buying his own farm.
(c) That Juan is moving to Buenos Aires.
(d) That Juan is going to get married.

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

5. Who are Pedro's gaucho friends?
(a) Carlos and Jose.
(b) Jose and Carmen.
(c) Paco and Carlos.
(d) Carlos and Carmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who remembers the postcard in Juan's home?

2. Where does Juan keep his things in his home?

3. To what group of people does Pedro belong?

4. What is a currycomb?

5. How old is Pedro when his mother dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kerchief does Juan decide to wear and why?

2. What is an estanciero and what does the estanciero do?

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

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

5. What does Jose think is the reason Juan wears a red kerchief?

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

7. What does Mr. Pizetti point out to the group about the law?

8. What plan does the group come up with in order to decide who gets to keep Chúcaro?

9. What is Armando doing when Pedro brings Chúcaro to the corral?

10. What happens after Armando's bola strikes Chúcaro?

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