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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. How does Juan feel about the mayordomo who lives near Juan?
(a) Juan believes the man is cheating his employer.
(b) Juan thinks he is a good, yet incompetent, man.
(c) Juan thinks the man is incompetent.
(d) Juan is not in awe of the man.

2. What is a currycomb?
(a) A rope to tie a horse.
(b) A comb to remove fleas and ticks from a dog.
(c) A horse comb.
(d) A tool to take the dirt out of a horse's hoofs.

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

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

5. Who was once a strong man?
(a) Pedro's uncle.
(b) The cowboy who works for Pedro's father.
(c) Pedro's father.
(d) Pedro's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what group of people does Pedro belong?

2. What does Pedro do successfully with his father?

3. What is one thing the mayordomo does?

4. How is Gitana described?

5. Where does Pedro want to keep Chúcaro?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe Pedro.

2. How is Juan different from most of the gauchos?

3. What is the Ombu?

4. What do the gauchos love to do when they gather?

5. Describe Armando's second attempt at lassoing Chúcaro.

6. What mystery is discussed in Chapter 9?

7. Why are people hurrying home from church?

8. What is an estanciero and what does the estanciero do?

9. How is Juan feeling as he is making the bola?

10. What is Armando doing when Pedro brings Chúcaro to the corral?

(see the answer keys)

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