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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Juan making?
(a) A bola.
(b) A weapon similar to a boomerang.
(c) A halter.
(d) A slingshot.
2. How does the crowd respond to Armando?
(a) They boo him.
(b) They laugh at him.
(c) They applaud him.
(d) They are quiet.
3. What does Muñez say about Chúcaro?
(a) The horse should stay with Pedro.
(b) The horse legally belongs to the ranch.
(c) Armando will decide about Chúcaro.
(d) Armando has to prove he is capable of owning a horse.
4. How long will it take for them to get there?
(a) 2-3 months.
(b) 2-3 weeks.
(c) 6 months.
(d) A week.
5. What message is delivered to the mayordomo?
(a) That Pedro says Armando may not have Chúcaro under any circumstance.
(b) The terms of Armando owning Chúcaro.
(c) That Chúcaro has been returned to the other ranch.
(d) That Juan and Pedro have left the ranch.
6. Why does Muñez think Armando will be successful with Chúcaro?
(a) Because Muñez has spent much money on horse teachers for Armando.
(b) Because Armand is good at everything he does.
(c) Because Armando loves horses.
(d) Because Armando just won first place in a roping contest.
7. Who arrives while Juan, Carlos and Pedro are having Maté?
(a) The mayor of the nearby town.
(b) The Vaquero.
(c) No one.
(d) The Patron.
8. Why are Juan, Carlos and the others sad for Pedro?
(a) Because Pedro might have to stand up to the mayordomo.
(b) Because he might lose Chúcaro.
(c) Because Pedro will have to shoot Chúcaro.
(d) Because Pedro will have to take Chúcaro to the other ranch.
9. Who has three strips of cowhide fitted into a Y shape?
(a) A bola.
(b) A rearing preventer.
(c) A double slingshot.
(d) A martinet.
10. Why is Juan angry?
(a) Because Chúcaro is hurt.
(b) Because Armando is smirking.
(c) Because Armando might have killed Chúcaro.
(d) Because Armando wants to shoot Chúcaro.
11. What does Chúcaro do?
(a) Kicks Armando.
(b) Refuses to leave Pedro's side.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Kicks Señor Muñez.
12. What does Armando complain about to his father?
(a) That Pedro does not try to lasso Chúcaro.
(b) That Juan refuses to give him Chúcaro.
(c) That Juan called him a bad name.
(d) That he did not get another chance to lasso Chúcaro.
13. What is the day going to be like for the gauchos at the opening of Chapter 11?
(a) A holiday.
(b) Payday.
(c) Busy.
(d) A day when they learn if they are hired for the next year.
14. What are some adjectives the narrator uses to describe a estanciero/patrón?
(a) Generous.
(b) Greedy.
(c) Honest.
(d) Good or bad and wise or foolish.
15. What are the people sure about Armando?
(a) That Armando's father will not let his son take another boy's pony.
(b) That Armando will not want a mean horse like Chúcaro.
(c) That Pedro will beat him in a race.
(d) That he will be unable to lasso Chúcaro.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Juan, Carlos and Pedro notice about the Pizzettis?
2. What does the narrator say there is no such thing as a typical one?
3. Why do Juan, Carlos and the others laugh at what the Vaquero says about the mayordomo?
4. What are the young boys cheering?
5. How does the mayordomo respond to what the Vaquero tells him?
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