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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Sand-castle syndrome" indicates that someone gets joy in creating something then what?
(a) Enhancing it.
(b) Forgetting it.
(c) Doubling it.
(d) Destroying it.

2. When observing the horses in the wild at age fourteen, Monty saw how a colt who was behaving badly was isolated by what?
(a) Another colt.
(b) A mare.
(c) A horse trainer.
(d) A sire.

3. What did Monty's father hit his horse with to "break it" in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) Paper.
(b) Rope.
(c) Chains.
(d) A whip.

4. What horse did Monty Roberts claim was his all-time favorite in Chapter 3, East of Eden?
(a) Carl Jones.
(b) Johnny Tivio.
(c) Diamond Joe.
(d) Rodney Dangerfield.

5. What did the others who went to Nevada with Monty in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses, want to do?
(a) Move on to Oregon.
(b) Stay in the wilderness indefinitely.
(c) Stay in Nevada.
(d) Return to Salinas quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Monty's father beat him on a weekly basis until he was how old?

2. What job did Monty's father take to bring in extra money in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

3. What did Monty's father find Monty's compassionate methods of training horses to be?

4. What does Monty refer to as "the most wonderful and the most predictable creatures on earth"?

5. What budget did Hastings Harcourt give Monty for buying him horses in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?

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