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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Juan want to avoid doing until after the match?
(a) Getting ready for the dance.
(b) Meeting Pedro.
(c) Meeting Señor Muñez.
(d) Meeting Chúcaro.

2. How is Señor Muñez first described?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Dishonest.
(c) Compassionate.
(d) Good.

3. How does the mayordomo respond to what the Vaquero tells him?
(a) The mayordomo fires the Vaquero.
(b) The mayordomo becomes sad.
(c) The mayordomo says to return Chúcaro to the other ranch.
(d) The mayordomo becomes angry.

4. What is in the bag Armando pulls out of the car?
(a) Bolas.
(b) A halter.
(c) A gun.
(d) A new type of lasso.

5. What does Juan to do Armando?
(a) Slaps him.
(b) Shakes him.
(c) Ignores him.
(d) Tells him he is the winner.

6. What does the narrator say there is no such thing as a typical one?
(a) Bull branding.
(b) Patrón.
(c) Lasso contest.
(d) Riding race.

7. What is the mayordomo's impression of Chúcaro?
(a) He likes him.
(b) The horse is mean.
(c) The horse will never be any good.
(d) The horse is stolen.

8. What does Pedro do when he sees Armando pull something out of a bag?
(a) Runs towards Chúcaro.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Knocks down Armando.
(d) Screams at Chúcaro to run.

9. What does Armando hit?
(a) The mayordomo.
(b) An elderly woman.
(c) Chúcaro.
(d) His father.

10. What are the gauchos doing with the bulls?
(a) Weighing them.
(b) Riding them.
(c) Driving them into corrals.
(d) Branding them.

11. Who arrives while Juan, Carlos and Pedro are having Maté?
(a) The Patron.
(b) No one.
(c) The Vaquero.
(d) The mayor of the nearby town.

12. Why does Muñez think Armando will be successful with Chúcaro?
(a) Because Armand is good at everything he does.
(b) Because Armando loves horses.
(c) Because Armando just won first place in a roping contest.
(d) Because Muñez has spent much money on horse teachers for Armando.

13. How does the loss of much of his family's fortune impact Señor Muñez?
(a) He had to make his sons all work hard.
(b) He had to sell much of his land.
(c) He had to marry a different woman than the one he loves.
(d) He has to work on managing his ranch.

14. What worries Juan?
(a) That Armando will be able to lasso Chúcaro.
(b) That Pedro will become like Pedro's father if he loses Chúcaro.
(c) That Juan will be held accountable for Chúcaro.
(d) That Pedro will steal off in the night with Chúcaro.

15. What does Armando claim about the ranch?
(a) That the law says Armando has the right to kill Chúcaro.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That he and his father already own everything there.
(d) That some day the ranch will be his and Juan had best be careful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is asleep outside the mayordomo's office in Chapter 12?

2. Who is Armando?

3. What does Mr. Pizetti note?

4. What does Chúcaro do after Pedro leaves?

5. How had Señor Muñez lived long into his adult life?

(see the answer keys)

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