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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 color are the spots on the animal Pedro sees?
(a) It has no spots.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

2. What happens when Pedro falls asleep listening to Juan?
(a) Juan carries him inside.
(b) Juan leads Chúcaro to Pedro's father's house.
(c) Juan carries him to Pedro's father's house.
(d) Juan wakes Pedro and has him go home.

3. What are the cowboys of the narrator's home area called?
(a) Caballeros.
(b) Rancheros.
(c) Pampa.
(d) Horse riders.

4. What does Juan have many of in his home?
(a) Musical instruments.
(b) Children.
(c) Baskets.
(d) Pictures.

5. What are the Pampas?
(a) The family name of the narrator.
(b) The name the narrator's society calls the plains where they live.
(c) The mountains in the southwest region of South Dakota.
(d) The mountains in the southwest region of Central America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pedro want to keep Chúcaro?

2. What does scratching signify to Chúcaro?

3. Why do the people on the ranch gossip about Juan?

4. How old is Pedro?

5. Where are the waterfalls that are depicted on a poster?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Juan's hut.

3. What does a mayordomo do?

4. Describe what Juan is constructing.

5. What does the Vaquero suggest about the situation with Chúcaro?

6. How does Chúcaro react to being left in the corral by Pedro and what reassures the horse?

7. What postcards does Juan have?

8. What do gauchos eat when they get together?

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

10. What does the mayordomo inspire in most people, and how does Juan react to him?

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