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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen if Armando is successful?
(a) Chúcaro will become his horse.
(b) Pedro will share Chúcaro with Armando.
(c) Pedro will have to decide if he will allow Armando to have Chúcaro.
(d) Armando will get Chúcaro but will have to pay a fair price.

2. What will Armando have to do according to the plan?
(a) Ride Chúcaro.
(b) Beat Pedro out in a race.
(c) Saddle Chúcaro.
(d) Lasso Chúcaro.

3. Who arrives while Juan, Carlos and Pedro are having Maté?
(a) The mayor of the nearby town.
(b) The Vaquero.
(c) The Patron.
(d) No one.

4. To what color of kerchief does Juan change?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

5. What does Juan promise to do?
(a) Make Chúcaro undesireable.
(b) Strenuously resist the mayordomo and estanciero.
(c) Take the matter before the courts.
(d) Appeal to the governor.

6. What does Chúcaro do after Pedro leaves?
(a) Starts looking around for Pedro.
(b) Rears.
(c) Kicks the mayordomo.
(d) Kicks Armando.

7. To whom does Armando's mother leave most of his upbringing?
(a) His oldest sister.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) Tutors.

8. What is Juan making?
(a) A weapon similar to a boomerang.
(b) A bola.
(c) A halter.
(d) A slingshot.

9. What does Juan want to avoid doing until after the match?
(a) Getting ready for the dance.
(b) Meeting Chúcaro.
(c) Meeting Señor Muñez.
(d) Meeting Pedro.

10. What destroys much of Señor Muñez's family fortune?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Bad investments.

11. What might Juan be forced to do?
(a) Go to the supreme court.
(b) Find a way to prove Chúcaro belongs to Pedro.
(c) Give up Chúcaro in order to keep his job.
(d) Give his his job to keep Pedro.

12. How does the crowd respond to Armando?
(a) They boo him.
(b) They laugh at him.
(c) They are quiet.
(d) They applaud him.

13. How does the loss of much of his family's fortune impact Señor Muñez?
(a) He has to work on managing his ranch.
(b) He had to sell much of his land.
(c) He had to marry a different woman than the one he loves.
(d) He had to make his sons all work hard.

14. What is Juan hiding behind a calm exterior?
(a) Extreme anger.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He is calm on the inside also.
(d) A tumultuous emotional state.

15. What does the patrón want according to the mayordomo?
(a) A new breeding stallion.
(b) A nice pony for his son.
(c) A boy to run household errands.
(d) Twenty percent greater productivity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is close to breaking?

2. Who accompanies Juan and Pedro until sunset?

3. How had Señor Muñez lived long into his adult life?

4. What is in the bag Armando pulls out of the car?

5. What has Juan brought with him?

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