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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13, The Vaquero Never Had a Chance, An Urgent Message, The Patrón.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pedro want to keep Chúcaro?
(a) In a barn.
(b) Inside.
(c) Free on the Pampas.
(d) In the corral.

2. What does the narrator say there is no such thing as a typical one?
(a) Bull branding.
(b) Lasso contest.
(c) Riding race.
(d) Patrón.

3. What is mentioned as being yellow?
(a) The butterfly that makes Pedrito laugh.
(b) Pedrito's shirt.
(c) Juan's kerchief.
(d) The flowers around Juan's house.

4. How is a spit used by gauchos?
(a) To cook meat.
(b) To prod cattle into the corral.
(c) They never use a spit.
(d) To defend against wolves.

5. What are the Pampas?
(a) The mountains in the southwest region of South Dakota.
(b) The name the narrator's society calls the plains where they live.
(c) The mountains in the southwest region of Central America.
(d) The family name of the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing the mayordomo does?

2. What is an estancia?

3. To what group of people does Pedro belong?

4. What might Juan be forced to do?

5. How does the loss of much of his family's fortune impact Señor Muñez?

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