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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 the Pampas show color?
(a) The various greens of its grasses.
(b) Its blooming flowers.
(c) The different-colored beetles.
(d) The tiny birds that are everywhere.

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

3. What does Maria tell Luisa?
(a) That Maria thinks Pedro's father is very ill.
(b) That Maria thinks Juan likes Luisa.
(c) That Maria thinks Juan is getting married.
(d) That Maria thinks Jose is sick.

4. Where is this story set?
(a) In Brazil.
(b) In Central America.
(c) In the plains of the Dakotas of the United States.
(d) Between the Andes and the Atlantic Ocean.

5. What is another thing the mayordomo does?
(a) Goes to meetings in Buenos Aires.
(b) Decides when to sell land.
(c) Barters for new livestock.
(d) Works in the fields to train others.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what group of people does Pedro belong?

2. How is Juan often different from the other men in the area?

3. How big is Juan's home?

4. What do many of Juan's post cards depict?

5. How old is Pedro?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the most important postcard Juan has?

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

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

5. What are two other pictures in Juan's hut?

6. What is the Ombu?

7. Where is the Vaquero in Chapter 12, and what does he tell the office secretary?

8. What is the result of Juan's being fired?

9. What postcards does Juan have?

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

(see the answer keys)

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