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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17, Bolas, The Match, Itchy Hoofs, To Iguaçu.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the gauchos doing with the bulls?
(a) Driving them into corrals.
(b) Weighing them.
(c) Riding them.
(d) Branding them.

2. What is narrated in Chapter 7 concerning the gauchos?
(a) A typical pastime.
(b) How they catch wild horses.
(c) How they decide who will be their leader.
(d) How they hunt.

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

4. What happens when Armando prepares to throw a second lasso?
(a) It starts to rain.
(b) Chúcaro jumps the fence.
(c) He gets a sudden headache.
(d) He throws up from eating so much.

5. What animal does Pedro see at the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) A llama.
(b) A horse.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A donkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do gauchos usually cook their meat?

2. To what group of people does Pedro belong?

3. How does the loss of much of his family's fortune impact Señor Muñez?

4. What does Pedro do successfully with his father?

5. Why does Juan throw something to Pedrito?

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