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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unusual command does the Sultan give in Chapter 1?
(a) Most of his horses will be sacrificed.
(b) The horses must also fast for Ramadan.
(c) Most of his horses will be sold.
(d) The slaves must now grow their own food.

2. Why doesn't Agba eat with the other stable boys?
(a) Agba does not like the other stable boys.
(b) Agba has given his ration to the mare.
(c) They do not like Agba.
(d) He tends to his mare's needs before his own.

3. What is the wheat ear?
(a) A hair pattern on the foal that resembles a ripened beard of wheat.
(b) Food for the horses.
(c) A pattern of clouds.
(d) A hand sign made by Signor Achmet to ward off evil.

4. Why do Man 'o War's fans want him to race at Newmarket?
(a) Because he lost the race at Kenilworth Park.
(b) Because his rival will also race there.
(c) Because the purse is worth a million pounds.
(d) Because he was excluded from the British Stud Book.

5. Why do the palace guards allow Agba to pass the gate?
(a) Because he has a letter from Signor Achmet.
(b) They do not see him.
(c) He bribes them.
(d) Because he is the first slave boy of Signor Achmet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prophecy does Signor Achmet make in Chapter 5?

2. When does the foal begin to nurse from the mare?

3. How does Signor Achmet react to the boar's squeal in Chapter 4?

4. Who is Signor Achmet?

5. Why is the mare described as being like the wind?

(see the answer key)

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