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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-10, Meat, Maté, Music, What the Mayordomo Didn't Know Was Not Worth Knowing, The Red Kerchief—a Mystery, Something Is Brewing Again.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some people think Juan has captured?
(a) The goshawk that sits on his porch railing.
(b) The dove that sits on his porch railing.
(c) The jack rabbit in the cage in his yard.
(d) The man in the wanted poster.

2. What mystery is discussed at the opening of Chapter 9?
(a) The missing donkey.
(b) Chúcaro.
(c) Some missing sheep.
(d) Juan's kerchief.

3. What is the Ombu?
(a) The solitary tree of the prairie.
(b) A group of nomads in Argentina.
(c) A group of nomads in Central America.
(d) A grass that grows on the Pampa.

4. What does Maria guess is going on with Juan?
(a) That Juan is buying his own farm.
(b) That Juan is going to get married.
(c) She has no idea.
(d) That Juan is moving to Buenos Aires.

5. What is the most important postcard Juan has?
(a) One that announces the return of the native peoples to their lands.
(b) One that is sold to tourists that depicts his father on a horse.
(c) One telling him he is granted some farmland.
(d) One he receives from a girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the Pampas "sing"?

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

3. Where is this story set?

4. Who remembers the postcard in Juan's home?

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

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