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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the horses and their stable boys look like to the Duke when they arrive in France?
(a) Exotic circus performers.
(b) Angry bears.
(c) Skin and bones.
(d) Graceful gazelles.

2. Why doesn't the French King's adviser want to see the horses from Morocco?
(a) He dislikes the odor of the stables.
(b) The King of France already has a hundred horses in his stables.
(c) He is busy with important affairs of state.
(d) He is afraid of horses.

3. What is written on the papers the Sultan includes in the horse's gifts?
(a) Directions back to Morocco.
(b) Bills of sale.
(c) Their pedigrees.
(d) Letters of introduction.

4. Where are the horses racing in the Prologue?
(a) Gog Magogg.
(b) Kenilworth Park.
(c) Heathrow.
(d) Newmarket.

5. Why is Agba worried about the mare he tends?
(a) Bad omens bode ill for the mare's foal.
(b) She is pregnant and not feeling well.
(c) She has a lame leg.
(d) She will soon be sent to France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the wheat ear signify?

2. What does the Sultan give each horse?

3. Where does Agba fall asleep at the end of Chapter 2?

4. Why does Signor Achmet scold Agba in Chapter 2?

5. Who owns the horses that Agba tends?

(see the answer key)

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