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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Agba see the mare doing when he wakes in Chapter 3?
(a) Giving birth.
(b) Eating corn.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Drying her newborn foal.

3. What promise does Agba make to the foal?
(a) To be his father and care for him.
(b) To search for a new mare.
(c) To avenge his mother's death.
(d) To buy him back.

4. What is Man 'o War's nickname?
(a) Big Red.
(b) Sir Riddle.
(c) Sir Barton.
(d) Sham.

5. What does the new moon represent to Agba?
(a) The beginning of a new life.
(b) A bad omen for the mare's unborn foal.
(c) A chance to escape the Sultan.
(d) A favorable sign for the mare's unborn foal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Agba stay close to the mare in Chapter 2?

2. What command does Signor Achmet give Agba in Chapter 1?

3. Why is the wild boar kept behind the Sultan's stables?

4. What does Agba feed the foal in Chapter 5?

5. Why doesn't Signor Achmet think the mare's milk will be of use to the foal?

(see the answer key)

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