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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chúcaro like being groomed?
(a) He is thrilled.
(b) He bites Pedro.
(c) He hates it.
(d) He endures it but is restless.

2. How is Gitana described?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Gentle.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Temperamental and cunning.

3. What does Juan do differently from usual concerning one of his kerchiefs?
(a) Let's Pedro's father wear one of Juan's kerchiefs.
(b) Ties one of his kerchiefs on Chúcaro's saddle horn.
(c) Wears his Sunday kerchief on a different day.
(d) Ties his kerchief to a fence post to scare birds eating the seed.

4. 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.

5. What does Pedro do successfully with his father?
(a) Delivers the llama's cria.
(b) Kills and skins a coyote.
(c) Lassoes a horse.
(d) Builds a safer chicken house because of the coyote.

6. What are the cowboys of the narrator's home area called?
(a) Horse riders.
(b) Rancheros.
(c) Caballeros.
(d) Pampa.

7. What happens when Pedro falls asleep listening to Juan?
(a) Juan leads Chúcaro to Pedro's father's house.
(b) Juan carries him to Pedro's father's house.
(c) Juan carries him inside.
(d) Juan wakes Pedro and has him go home.

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

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

10. What is one thing the mayordomo does not know?
(a) About his son's newest bad habit.
(b) About his wife's illness.
(c) About new technology for farming.
(d) About Chúcaro.

11. What is the general conclusion by the people about the Pampa?
(a) It is a beautiful home.
(b) It is a place of hardships.
(c) It is ugly, but home.
(d) It's not great, but it's home.

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

13. What does Juan tend to do when not working?
(a) Helps his neighbors.
(b) Weaves blankets.
(c) Makes baskets.
(d) Stays at home and sings old gaucho songs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Juan angry with Pedro?

2. Who is Gitana?

3. What does Juan do one day when he says he is happy?

4. What is the Ombu?

5. How does the Pampas show color?

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