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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gog Magog?
(a) The name of Signor Achmet's estate.
(b) A small town in France.
(c) The name of the Earl's estate.
(d) The name of Sultan's palace.

2. Which chore does Agba despise in Chapter 19?
(a) Drawing and carrying water for the duchess.
(b) Cleaning the jockeys' silks.
(c) Cleaning Hobgoblin's stall.
(d) Beating the horse blankets.

3. Who is King of the Wind?
(a) Sham.
(b) Lath.
(c) Agba.
(d) Cade.

4. How does the carter punish Sham?
(a) He sells him at the Thieves' Kitchen.
(b) He does not feed Sham for three days.
(c) He chains Sham to the stable wall.
(d) By leaving his harness on 24 hours a day.

5. Who is Lath?
(a) Sham's new jockey.
(b) Sham's new owner.
(c) A new breeding mare.
(d) Sham's first son.

6. What crime is Agba accused of?
(a) Murder.
(b) Witchcraft.
(c) Being a horse thief.
(d) Stealing food.

7. Who owns Sham in Chapter 12?
(a) The tailor.
(b) The carter.
(c) The Englishman.
(d) The baker.

8. Where is Sham stabled in Chapter 21?
(a) In his old stall.
(b) In Hobgoblin's old stall.
(c) In an outside corral.
(d) In the garden behind the main house.

9. How does Agba find Sham in Chapter 12?
(a) He watches the horse sales.
(b) He posts ads.
(c) He follows a carter.
(d) He asks store owners and horse trainers.

10. Who fathers the colt that outruns all of the Earl of Godophin's other colts?
(a) Grimalkin.
(b) Hobgoblin.
(c) Sham.
(d) Big Red.

11. Who appeals to the warden on Agba's behalf in Chapter 16?
(a) Mr. Williams.
(b) Mr. Biggle.
(c) Mrs. Williams.
(d) Mr. Coke.

12. Who rides into town with the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough and the Earl of Godolphin?
(a) Mistress Cockburn.
(b) Mr. Williams.
(c) Signor Achmet.
(d) Mr. Biggle.

13. Who is Titus Twickerham?
(a) Signor Achmet's head groom.
(b) Sham's jockey.
(c) The Sultan's new chief of horses.
(d) The Earl's head groom.

14. Who once reads a story set in Morocco?
(a) The Earl of Godolphin.
(b) Titus Twickerham.
(c) Mistress Cockburn.
(d) Mr. Biggle.

15. Who wants to take Agba's cat away?
(a) The warden.
(b) Mr. Williams.
(c) Mrs. Williams.
(d) The constable.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, who does the Earl want to have watch the race?

2. In Chapter 19, who receives gifts from the Duchess?

3. What new name is Sham given in Chapter 18?

4. What does Agba eat while in prison?

5. In Chapter 22, who does the Earl want to have run in the race?

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