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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 kerchief.
(c) A bandolira.
(d) A felt hat.

2. What is a casita?
(a) A small, domesticated ferret-like creature.
(b) Another name for Juan's hut.
(c) A large fish that provides sustenance to many of the people of Argentina.
(d) A small, domesticated bird.

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

4. What does Pedro want to do when he spies the animal in the brush?
(a) Tame it.
(b) Lasso it.
(c) Shoot it.
(d) Scare it away from the chickens.

5. What does the mayordomo near Juan and Pedro know?
(a) The best crops to plant and when to plant them.
(b) Who will be a good employee.
(c) The entire goings on of the estancia and surrounding areas.
(d) How to hire the right men to work under him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the mayordomo who lives near Juan and Pedro inspire awe?

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

3. What does Maria guess is going on with Juan?

4. What color are the spots on the animal Pedro sees?

5. What does Maria tell Luisa?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Maria think about Juan and his red kerchief?

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

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

5. Why are people hurrying home from church?

6. What mystery is discussed in Chapter 9?

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

8. What postcards does Juan have?

9. What does Pedro do to groom Chúcaro, and how does Chúcaro like it?

10. How do Pedro and Juan disagree about Chúcaro?

(see the answer keys)

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