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

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

3. Where does Juan say Chúcaro will stay?
(a) In a corral.
(b) In the stable.
(c) In his home.
(d) On the Pampas.

4. Why does Juan throw something to Pedrito?
(a) To give him money to buy a sweet.
(b) Because Pedrito had been ill and was now well enough to eat.
(c) He is crying.
(d) To make him stop hitting the dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pedro ask for help in handling the animal?

2. What does Juan do differently from usual concerning one of his kerchiefs?

3. What does the mayordomo near Juan and Pedro know?

4. What is Juan's singing voice like?

5. What type of meat do gauchos eat?

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