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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Juan and Pedro take Chúcaro in Chapter 4?
(a) To Juan's casita.
(b) To Pedro's grandfather's home.
(c) To the Pampas.
(d) To the nearby village.

2. What does scratching signify to Chúcaro?
(a) Friendship.
(b) A challenge.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Who is dominant.

3. What is a currycomb?
(a) A rope to tie a horse.
(b) A tool to take the dirt out of a horse's hoofs.
(c) A comb to remove fleas and ticks from a dog.
(d) A horse comb.

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

5. Who has a bronze, ruddy face?
(a) The mayordomo.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Pedro.
(d) Juan.

6. For what are 1000 pesos offered?
(a) The wanted man in the poster.
(b) To anyone who can ride a particularly mean bull.
(c) To anyone who can catch the pink stallion.
(d) To anyone who can climb the east side of a mountain.

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

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

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

10. What does Maria guess is going on with Juan?
(a) She has no idea.
(b) That Juan is buying his own farm.
(c) That Juan is moving to Buenos Aires.
(d) That Juan is going to get married.

11. How is Chúcaro considered by many?
(a) As an angel.
(b) As a magical horse.
(c) As a gift from Dios.
(d) As a miracle.

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

13. What causes Pedro's father to lose his joy for life?
(a) The deaths of Pedro's youngest brother and sister.
(b) The death of Pedro's mother.
(c) The government telling him he could not farm any longer.
(d) The government taking his land.

14. Who is Chúcaro?
(a) Pedro's dog.
(b) Pedro's donkey.
(c) Pedro's horse.
(d) Pedro's cat.

15. What does Pedro want to do when he spies the animal in the brush?
(a) Scare it away from the chickens.
(b) Lasso it.
(c) Shoot it.
(d) Tame it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was once a strong man?

2. Who are Pedro's gaucho friends?

3. Who tries to buy Chúcaro?

4. What is a mayordomo?

5. What color is the animal Pedro sees?

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