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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 animal does Pedro see at the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) A llama.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A horse.

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

3. For what is the Ombu good?
(a) For sodding roofs.
(b) Shade.
(c) Supplying horses to other tribes.
(d) Supplying cattle to other tribes.

4. What do most people remember seeing in Juan's house?
(a) The picture of Pedro and his father.
(b) The picture of Juan's mother.
(c) The picture Juan painted of Chúcaro.
(d) The wanted poster.

5. How does Juan feel about the mayordomo who lives near Juan?
(a) Juan thinks the man is incompetent.
(b) Juan believes the man is cheating his employer.
(c) Juan thinks he is a good, yet incompetent, man.
(d) Juan is not in awe of the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mayordomo near Juan and Pedro know?

2. Who does Pedro ask for help in handling the animal?

3. What is an estancia?

4. How many farms are grouped into a large estate?

5. What type of meat do gauchos eat?

(see the answer key)

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