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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Armando hit?
(a) The mayordomo.
(b) An elderly woman.
(c) His father.
(d) Chúcaro.

2. What is Juan hiding behind a calm exterior?
(a) A tumultuous emotional state.
(b) Extreme anger.
(c) He is calm on the inside also.
(d) Nothing.

3. What is the mayordomo doing?
(a) Directing the gauchos.
(b) He is on vacation with his family in Costa Rica.
(c) He is buying supplies in the closest city.
(d) He is in Buenos Aires.

4. What does Armando do to the mayordomo when they arrive at the estancia?
(a) Shoots water on the man's clothes.
(b) Shakes hands with a buzzer in his hand.
(c) Snubs him.
(d) Tells the mayordomo to go get him his horse.

5. What is kicking up much dust in the area where Juan is working?
(a) A windstorm.
(b) A shepherd taking a flock of sheep to the upper pasture.
(c) Gauchos racing their horses.
(d) A tractor turning over a pasture.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do Juan, Carlos and Pedro later share Maté?

2. What does Armando claim about the ranch?

3. Who has three strips of cowhide fitted into a Y shape?

4. What causes Señor Muñez a great deal of stress?

5. What is the day going to be like for the gauchos at the opening of Chapter 11?

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