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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Monty Roberts was born in the middle of what American era?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) The Roaring Twenties.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The Nicaraguan Crisis.

2. How many mustangs did Monty return from Nevada with in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?
(a) 750.
(b) 38.
(c) 10.
(d) 150.

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

4. Who, along with the director, asked Monty to watch the dailies and give his thoughts on "East of Eden"?
(a) Burl Ives.
(b) James Dean.
(c) Raymond Massey.
(d) Don Page.

5. How many children did Monty and his wife have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

6. How old was Monty when he met Hastings Harcourt?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Thirty-three.
(d) Thirty-one.

7. What event was part of the Salinas Rodeo during Monty's childhood?
(a) The Wild Horse Race.
(b) The Backward Mule Ride.
(c) The Mayor's Chicken Catch.
(d) The Hungry Hog Race.

8. Hastings Harcourt was the son of what publishing giant?
(a) Harcourt Brace and World.
(b) Tate Publishing.
(c) Johnson, Stevens, and Smith.
(d) Whitmore Publishing.

9. How old was Monty when he married?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Eighteen.

10. Who planned to buy a ranch in Salinas just before his untimely death in Chapter 3, East of Eden?
(a) James Dean.
(b) Don Page.
(c) Raymond Massey.
(d) Burl Ives.

11. How long did Monty spend alone with the wild horses when he was fourteen?
(a) A few days.
(b) Two years.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A year.

12. What did Hastings Harcourt do once he discovered Monty had not destroyed his horses in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?
(a) Got his rifle.
(b) Hired an assassin.
(c) Drove off.
(d) Had him arrested.

13. What is the name of Monty's wife?
(a) Patricia Elder.
(b) Pat Smith.
(c) Patty Willis.
(d) Patricia Burden.

14. At what age did Monty first volunteer to gather wild mustangs for the Salinas Rodeo?
(a) 13.
(b) 18.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

15. What had actually injured Monty to the point of being hospitalized when he was a child in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) A train.
(b) A car.
(c) Horses.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Hastings Harcourt when he met Monty?

3. Monty realized in Chapter 3, East of Eden that most of his competitors had nowhere near as much what as he did?

4. In what year was "East of Eden" shot in Salinas?

5. Where did Hastings Harcourt tell Monty he had property and wanted to open a full-scale thoroughbred facility?

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