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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 Ombu?
(a) A group of nomads in Central America.
(b) The solitary tree of the prairie.
(c) A group of nomads in Argentina.
(d) A grass that grows on the Pampa.

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

3. How big is Juan's home?
(a) Small.
(b) Five rooms.
(c) Ten rooms.
(d) Three rooms.

4. Why is Pedro about to cry?
(a) Because the mayordomo wants Juan to bring Chúcaro to the estanciero.
(b) Because the mayordomo wants Juan to shoot Chúcaro.
(c) Because Juan will be gone several months.
(d) Because the mayordomo wants Juan to take Chúcaro far away and release the horse.

5. What do some people think Juan has captured?
(a) The dove that sits on his porch railing.
(b) The jack rabbit in the cage in his yard.
(c) The man in the wanted poster.
(d) The goshawk that sits on his porch railing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the loss of much of his family's fortune impact Señor Muñez?

2. Why does Muñez think Armando will be successful with Chúcaro?

3. How is Gitana described?

4. What does the narrator say there is no such thing as a typical one?

5. What is Juan's singing voice like?

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