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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Chúcaro considered by many?
(a) As a magical horse.
(b) As a gift from Dios.
(c) As an angel.
(d) As a miracle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the largest city in Argentina?

2. What is one instance when the weather around Pedro's home is sad?

3. Where does Pedro want to keep Chúcaro?

4. What does Pedro want to do when he spies the animal in the brush?

5. What is the most important postcard Juan has?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do gauchos eat when they get together?

2. What does the mayordomo know and what does he not yet know?

3. What plan does the group come up with in order to decide who gets to keep Chúcaro?

4. What does the Vaquero say that angers the mayordomo and what is the reaction of those listening to the Vaquero?

5. What is the poster of a man that is hung in Juan's hut?

6. What does the Vaquero say about the upcoming patrón's visit?

7. What is Juan's response to the first lasso attempt and why is the second lasso attempt delayed?

8. What does the narrator say about the average estanciero and about Señor Muñez in particular?

9. What does the Vaquero say when he arrives at the Pizzettis' home?

10. What is Juan's relationship to Pedro?

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