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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What promise does Agba make to the foal?
(a) To search for a new mare.
(b) To buy him back.
(c) To avenge his mother's death.
(d) To be his father and care for him.

2. Why doesn't Agba eat with the other stable boys?
(a) Agba has given his ration to the mare.
(b) They do not like Agba.
(c) Agba does not like the other stable boys.
(d) He tends to his mare's needs before his own.

3. What unusual command does the Sultan give in Chapter 1?
(a) The slaves must now grow their own food.
(b) Most of his horses will be sold.
(c) The horses must also fast for Ramadan.
(d) Most of his horses will be sacrificed.

4. Why does the Sultan want Signor Achmet to select six horses and six horse boys?
(a) To race.
(b) To test his new saber.
(c) To sell.
(d) To send as a gift to the new King of France.

5. In Chapter 1, why does no one at the palace eat during the day?
(a) The Sultan does not give his slaves much food.
(b) They are busy preparing for the Sultan's arrival.
(c) They are in mourning.
(d) They are fasting because it is Ramadan.

6. Why is the Sultan pleased with Agba's silence?
(a) He knows he can control Agba.
(b) He knows Agba cannot tell any tales or palace secrets.
(c) It demonstrates that Agba will be obedient.
(d) It demonstrates that Agba is respectful.

7. Why does Signor Achmet scold Agba in Chapter 2?
(a) Agba is too slow in performing his tasks.
(b) Agba is spending too much time with the mare again.
(c) Agba did not have permission to use a new blanket.
(d) Agba has used too much sand and hay in the mare's bed.

8. Why doesn't Signor Achmet think the mare's milk will be of use to the foal?
(a) The foal will be sent to another stable the next day.
(b) The mare is weak and will die soon.
(c) He believes that sweetened camel's milk is better.
(d) The foal is too weak to nurse.

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

10. What does Agba think the Sultan looks like?
(a) A sweet potato.
(b) A camel.
(c) A satin pillow.
(d) The wild boar.

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

12. Why doesn't Agba speak to the Sultan?
(a) He is crying too hard to speak.
(b) He is mute.
(c) He is petrified with fear.
(d) He was told to remain silent.

13. What does the Sultan give each horse?
(a) A new blanket emblazoned with the royal crest.
(b) A kiss.
(c) A bag.
(d) A new saddle.

14. Who is Signor Achmet?
(a) The Sultan's Chief Chef.
(b) The Sultan's Chief of the Guards.
(c) The Sultan's Chief of the Grooms.
(d) Agba's uncle.

15. Why is Agba afraid to appear before the Sultan?
(a) He cannot find the mare.
(b) The Sultan might have sold him.
(c) He is afraid he will die.
(d) He knows he is guilty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Agba pack for his journey?

2. In Chapter 11, what does Signor Achmet give Agba before he leaves?

3. Which horse is Man o' War racing?

4. What is written on the papers the Sultan includes in the horse's gifts?

5. What does Agba pray for in Chapter 5?

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