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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-10, Meat, Maté, Music, What the Mayordomo Didn't Know Was Not Worth Knowing, The Red Kerchief—a Mystery, Something Is Brewing Again.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing the mayordomo does not know?
(a) About new technology for farming.
(b) About his son's newest bad habit.
(c) About his wife's illness.
(d) About Chúcaro.

2. What causes Pedro's father to lose his joy for life?
(a) The government telling him he could not farm any longer.
(b) The government taking his land.
(c) The death of Pedro's mother.
(d) The deaths of Pedro's youngest brother and sister.

3. What poster does Juan once draw?
(a) One showing all the waterfalls in his area.
(b) One showing Pedro on his llama.
(c) One depicting Jesus Christ as a shepherd.
(d) One showing all the rivers and tributaries in Peru.

4. What type of meat do gauchos eat?
(a) Mostly chicken.
(b) Mostly pork.
(c) Sausage and beefsteak.
(d) Mostly chicken and iguana.

5. What is a casita?
(a) A small, domesticated bird.
(b) A small, domesticated ferret-like creature.
(c) A large fish that provides sustenance to many of the people of Argentina.
(d) Another name for Juan's hut.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to buy Chúcaro?

2. What does Pedro do successfully with his father?

3. What do many of Juan's post cards depict?

4. For what are 1000 pesos offered?

5. Who often gets together to eat and talk?

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