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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17, Bolas, The Match, Itchy Hoofs, To Iguaçu.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Juan keep his things in his home?
(a) A basket.
(b) A chest.
(c) A niche in the adobe wall.
(d) Piled on the floor in the corner.

2. What is the reaction of the people who live around the Pampas?
(a) They think it is pretty lifeless, but it's their home.
(b) They love it.
(c) They love it in some seasons and hate it in others.
(d) They don't have much reaction to it.

3. Why does Juan throw something to Pedrito?
(a) He is crying.
(b) To make him stop hitting the dog.
(c) To give him money to buy a sweet.
(d) Because Pedrito had been ill and was now well enough to eat.

4. Who often gets together to eat and talk?
(a) Juan and his seven brothers.
(b) The entire village.
(c) Pedro and his many relatives.
(d) Gauchos.

5. What destroys much of Señor Muñez's family fortune?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Bad investments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wakes the person sleeping outside the mayordomo's office?

2. Who tries to buy Chúcaro?

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

4. Who are Pedro's gaucho friends?

5. What does Juan to do Armando?

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