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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the Pampa seem if looked at from an airplane?
(a) Swampy.
(b) Dead.
(c) Vibrant.
(d) Dry.
2. How often does Juan go to village dances?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Twice a month.
(c) Never.
(d) Rarely.
3. What does a poster on Juan's wall depict?
(a) The Andes Mountains.
(b) The Dakota Badlands.
(c) The Amazon River.
(d) A picture of a wanted outlaw.
4. Who often gets together to eat and talk?
(a) The entire village.
(b) Pedro and his many relatives.
(c) Gauchos.
(d) Juan and his seven brothers.
5. What does Juan do one day when he says he is happy?
(a) Takes Pedro to town.
(b) Goes to one of the dances.
(c) Shaves his mustache.
(d) Wears a red kerchief.
6. What is mentioned as being yellow?
(a) Pedrito's shirt.
(b) The flowers around Juan's house.
(c) Juan's kerchief.
(d) The butterfly that makes Pedrito laugh.
7. What is a mayordomo?
(a) A tax collector.
(b) A surveyor.
(c) A mediation administrator.
(d) A farm manager.
8. What is one instance when the weather around Pedro's home is sad?
(a) When hail destroys the crops.
(b) When it's so cold, it's difficult to be outside.
(c) When it's so dry there is dust on everything.
(d) When it rains so long, homes are flooded.
9. Why does Juan throw something to Pedrito?
(a) Because Pedrito had been ill and was now well enough to eat.
(b) To make him stop hitting the dog.
(c) To give him money to buy a sweet.
(d) He is crying.
10. Who remembers the postcard in Juan's home?
(a) No one.
(b) Almost everyone.
(c) Just Maria.
(d) Just Pedro.
11. What color is the animal Pedro sees?
(a) Burnt red.
(b) Pinto.
(c) Gray.
(d) Pinkish.
12. What does Jose think about Juan's actions?
(a) That something special has happened.
(b) That Juan is not thinking clearly.
(c) That Juan is actually sad.
(d) That Juan will miss his mustache.
13. 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.
14. Who has a bronze, ruddy face?
(a) Juan.
(b) The mayordomo.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Pedro.
15. What is the reaction of the people who live around the Pampas?
(a) They don't have much reaction to it.
(b) They think it is pretty lifeless, but it's their home.
(c) They love it in some seasons and hate it in others.
(d) They love it.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the author of Juan's most important post card forget?
2. What does the mayordomo near Juan and Pedro know?
3. What do gauchos love doing?
4. What is a currycomb?
5. What does Juan tend to do when not working?
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