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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the camel driver give Agba?
(a) Advice.
(b) Camel's milk and honey.
(c) Herbs.
(d) Directions.

2. Why does Agba train Sham to run longer?
(a) To prepare him for the long journey.
(b) So he will fetch the highest price at the market.
(c) Because Signor Achmet tells him to do so.
(d) To prepare him for the race.

3. What overloads the carter's cart?
(a) Piles of potatoes.
(b) Scrap metal.
(c) Pallets of bricks.
(d) Stacks of wood.

4. What does Signor Achmet announce in Chapter 8?
(a) Sham has been sold.
(b) Agba has been sold.
(c) Sham will be going to France.
(d) Sham will be going to England.

5. Who calls on the police to arrest Sham?
(a) Mistress Cockburn.
(b) Mrs. Williams.
(c) Mr. Biggle.
(d) Mr. Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Agba afraid to appear before the Sultan?

2. What is desirable about Sham's neck?

3. Who fathers the colt that outruns all of the Earl of Godophin's other colts?

4. Where does Agba fall asleep at the end of Chapter 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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