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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a spit used by gauchos?
(a) They never use a spit.
(b) To cook meat.
(c) To defend against wolves.
(d) To prod cattle into the corral.

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

3. What is one of the most vexing aspects of the weather on the Pampas?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) The sun is quite hot at times.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Blizzards.

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

5. What does the mayordomo near Juan and Pedro know?
(a) How to hire the right men to work under him.
(b) The best crops to plant and when to plant them.
(c) The entire goings on of the estancia and surrounding areas.
(d) Who will be a good employee.

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

7. What is narrated in Chapter 7 concerning the gauchos?
(a) A typical pastime.
(b) How they decide who will be their leader.
(c) How they hunt.
(d) How they catch wild horses.

8. What is one thing the mayordomo does?
(a) Decides capital crime punishments.
(b) Petitions the governemnt for easier regulations.
(c) Manages the health of horses.
(d) Approves marriages.

9. Who is Juan to Pedro?
(a) His guardian.
(b) His sister's husband.
(c) His oldest first cousin.
(d) His oldest brother.

10. What does a poster on Juan's wall depict?
(a) The Dakota Badlands.
(b) A picture of a wanted outlaw.
(c) The Amazon River.
(d) The Andes Mountains.

11. Who was once a strong man?
(a) Pedro's father.
(b) Pedro's grandfather.
(c) Pedro's uncle.
(d) The cowboy who works for Pedro's father.

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

13. What is a physical feature of the mayordomo near Juan and Pedro?
(a) Tall.
(b) Very fat.
(c) Blind in one eye.
(d) Very short.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the waterfalls that are depicted on a poster?

2. What is an estancia?

3. Who is Chúcaro?

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

5. How is Gitana described?

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