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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Agba eat while in prison?
(a) Bread and water.
(b) Soup.
(c) Bits of rotten vegetables and meat.
(d) Nothing.

3. In Chapter 22, who does the Earl want to have watch the race?
(a) Roxana.
(b) Sham.
(c) Grimalkin.
(d) Lath, Cade and Regulus.

4. Whom does Sham seek for comfort?
(a) Agba.
(b) The wild boar.
(c) Signor Achmet.
(d) The mare.

5. What does Sham do to the English horse-breaker hired to tame him?
(a) Kicks him.
(b) Throws him to the ground.
(c) Knocks his hat off.
(d) Bites him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lath?

2. What is desirable about Sham's neck?

3. What does Signor Achmet announce in Chapter 8?

4. What overloads the carter's cart?

5. What do the stable boys do aboard the ship bound for France?

(see the answer key)

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