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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Juan feel about the mayordomo who lives near Juan?
(a) Juan is not in awe of the man.
(b) Juan thinks he is a good, yet incompetent, man.
(c) Juan believes the man is cheating his employer.
(d) Juan thinks the man is incompetent.

2. What do many of Juan's post cards depict?
(a) The largest towns in Argentina.
(b) The largest towns in Guatemala.
(c) The largest towns in Chile.
(d) The largest towns in North Dakota.

3. What color is the animal Pedro sees?
(a) Pinto.
(b) Pinkish.
(c) Burnt red.
(d) Gray.

4. What type of vegetables do gauchos eat?
(a) Lots of celery, carrots and greens.
(b) Few.
(c) Probably several dozen types.
(d) Lots of tomatoes and corn.

5. How is Gitana described?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Gentle.
(c) Temperamental and cunning.
(d) Lazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing the mayordomo does?

2. Where does Juan say Chúcaro will stay?

3. What animal does Pedro see at the opening of Chapter 1?

4. How was the table in Juan's home made?

5. Who is Juan to Pedro?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maria think about Juan and his red kerchief?

2. What are some of the jobs of the mayordomo?

3. What are the gauchos doing at the opening to Chapter 11?

4. What is the most important postcard Juan has?

5. How do Pedro and Juan disagree about Chúcaro?

6. What does the Vaquero suggest about the situation with Chúcaro?

7. What does the Vaquero say that angers the mayordomo and what is the reaction of those listening to the Vaquero?

8. What is an estancia?

9. Who is the mayordomo to whom Juan is accountable?

10. Are Pedro and his father successful and what does Pedro name the horse?

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