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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. For what are 1000 pesos offered?
(a) To anyone who can catch the pink stallion.
(b) The wanted man in the poster.
(c) To anyone who can ride a particularly mean bull.
(d) To anyone who can climb the east side of a mountain.

2. Where is this story set?
(a) In the plains of the Dakotas of the United States.
(b) In Central America.
(c) Between the Andes and the Atlantic Ocean.
(d) In Brazil.

3. What kerchief does Juan wear on Sundays?
(a) His white one.
(b) His blue one.
(c) None.
(d) His red one.

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

5. How was the table in Juan's home made?
(a) Made of bricks and mortar.
(b) Made by hand out of clay.
(c) Carved.
(d) He has no table in his home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Pedro's gaucho friends?

2. Who is Chúcaro?

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

4. What is a currycomb?

5. How is Chúcaro considered by many?

(see the answer key)

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