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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. Who tries to buy Chúcaro?
(a) No one.
(b) Carlos.
(c) An Indian and a bookkeeper.
(d) Juan.

2. What does Pedro do successfully with his father?
(a) Builds a safer chicken house because of the coyote.
(b) Kills and skins a coyote.
(c) Delivers the llama's cria.
(d) Lassoes a horse.

3. How is Gitana described?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Temperamental and cunning.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Gentle.

4. Where does Pedro want to keep Chúcaro?
(a) In a barn.
(b) Free on the Pampas.
(c) In the corral.
(d) Inside.

5. How big is Juan's home?
(a) Small.
(b) Five rooms.
(c) Ten rooms.
(d) Three rooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author of Juan's most important post card forget?

2. Why does Juan throw something to Pedrito?

3. What is one thing the mayordomo does not know?

4. What is narrated in Chapter 7 concerning the gauchos?

5. What does Jose think about Juan's actions?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Gitana and how does she help Chúcaro?

2. Briefly describe Pedro.

3. Briefly describe Pedro's father.

4. Describe what Juan is constructing.

5. Are Pedro and his father successful and what does Pedro name the horse?

6. What kerchief does Juan decide to wear and why?

7. When does Juan sing and how does he sound?

8. What does Pedro spy in the brush in Chapter 1?

9. What happens after Armando's bola strikes Chúcaro?

10. What is said about Armando being spoiled and how is that demonstrated when Armando greets the mayordomo?

(see the answer keys)

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