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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, when does Agba eat his meal?
(a) Before he feeds his horses.
(b) He does not get to eat.
(c) After he has fed all of his horses.
(d) After he has fed his mare.

3. What natural skill does Sham possess?
(a) He can outrun all the other horses.
(b) He knows what Sham is thinking.
(c) He can jump higher than all the other horses.
(d) He can escape any stall.

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

5. Why does Agba give the mare special treatment?
(a) He loves her.
(b) Signor Achmet pays him to do so.
(c) Because she is the most beautiful horse in the herd.
(d) She is his horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the horses that Agba tends?

2. What does the wheat ear signify?

3. Who tells Agba that the mare is made of wind?

4. What is the wheat ear?

5. Whom does Sham seek for comfort?

(see the answer key)

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