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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Juan do one day when he says he is happy?
(a) Takes Pedro to town.
(b) Shaves his mustache.
(c) Wears a red kerchief.
(d) Goes to one of the dances.

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

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

4. Why do the people on the ranch gossip about Juan?
(a) They do not gossip about him.
(b) Because he is not very friendly.
(c) Because they think he has a shady history.
(d) Because Juan has changed his kerchief colors from how he normally wears them.

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.

6. Where does Juan keep his things in his home?
(a) A chest.
(b) A niche in the adobe wall.
(c) Piled on the floor in the corner.
(d) A basket.

7. What did the author of Juan's most important post card forget?
(a) To say what date the card is written.
(b) To put Juan's last name on the land title.
(c) To put a stamp on it.
(d) To include a return address.

8. Where does the land owner of a large group of farms often stay?
(a) On the estate closest to a large city.
(b) On his birth estate.
(c) It depends on what any particular ranch is doing at the moment.
(d) In other parts of the world.

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

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

11. Where does Juan say Chúcaro will stay?
(a) In the stable.
(b) In his home.
(c) In a corral.
(d) On the Pampas.

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

13. Who remembers the postcard in Juan's home?
(a) Just Pedro.
(b) Almost everyone.
(c) Just Maria.
(d) No one.

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

15. What is a mayordomo?
(a) A surveyor.
(b) A farm manager.
(c) A tax collector.
(d) A mediation administrator.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How big is Juan's home?

3. What is one thing the mayordomo does not know?

4. What kerchief does Juan wear on Sundays?

5. What had Juan thrown to Pedrito?

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