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

2. What is the general conclusion by the people about the Pampa?
(a) It is ugly, but home.
(b) It is a place of hardships.
(c) It's not great, but it's home.
(d) It is a beautiful home.

3. Where does the land owner of a large group of farms often stay?
(a) On his birth estate.
(b) In other parts of the world.
(c) It depends on what any particular ranch is doing at the moment.
(d) On the estate closest to a large city.

4. What is an estancia?
(a) A series of farms.
(b) A change from one type of crop to another.
(c) A break in the river flow.
(d) A bend in the river.

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. What news travels fast in the area?

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

3. What is one thing the mayordomo does?

4. What does scratching signify to Chúcaro?

5. Where does Juan keep his things in his home?

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