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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. 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 don't have much reaction to it.
(d) They love it in some seasons and hate it in others.

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

3. What does the Pampa seem if looked at from an airplane?
(a) Vibrant.
(b) Dry.
(c) Dead.
(d) Swampy.

4. How does the loss of much of his family's fortune impact Señor Muñez?
(a) He had to make his sons all work hard.
(b) He has to work on managing his ranch.
(c) He had to marry a different woman than the one he loves.
(d) He had to sell much of his land.

5. Who tries to buy Chúcaro?
(a) Juan.
(b) Carlos.
(c) No one.
(d) An Indian and a bookkeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Vaquero go when Juan and Pedro stop for the night?

2. Why are people hurrying home from church?

3. What does the mayordomo tell Juan?

4. What destroys much of Señor Muñez's family fortune?

5. Who are Pedro's gaucho friends?

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