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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jose think about Juan's actions?
(a) That Juan is actually sad.
(b) That Juan will miss his mustache.
(c) That Juan is not thinking clearly.
(d) That something special has happened.

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

3. What is a very rich land owner called?
(a) Patron.
(b) There is no special name for such a person.
(c) Cabolo.
(d) Estanciero.

4. What do many of Juan's post cards depict?
(a) The largest towns in Guatemala.
(b) The largest towns in North Dakota.
(c) The largest towns in Chile.
(d) The largest towns in Argentina.

5. What is a casita?
(a) A small, domesticated ferret-like creature.
(b) A small, domesticated bird.
(c) A large fish that provides sustenance to many of the people of Argentina.
(d) Another name for Juan's hut.

6. To what group of people does Pedro belong?
(a) Chulupi.
(b) Luli.
(c) Chorote.
(d) Vaquero.

7. What does Juan wear?
(a) A pair of worn sandals.
(b) A kerchief.
(c) A felt hat.
(d) A bandolira.

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

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

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

11. What does Juan have many of in his home?
(a) Children.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Musical instruments.
(d) Baskets.

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

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

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

15. What type of meat do gauchos eat?
(a) Mostly chicken and iguana.
(b) Mostly pork.
(c) Mostly chicken.
(d) Sausage and beefsteak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Pampas?

2. What causes Pedro's father to lose his joy for life?

3. What poster does Juan once draw?

4. What does Maria guess is going on with Juan?

5. How old is Pedro?

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