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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what does Signor Achmet give Agba before he leaves?
(a) An embrace.
(b) A letter for the King of Morocco.
(c) Sham's bag.
(d) A handshake.

2. Why is Agba afraid to appear before the Sultan?
(a) He knows he is guilty.
(b) The Sultan might have sold him.
(c) He cannot find the mare.
(d) He is afraid he will die.

3. What does the Sultan ask Agba?
(a) Sham's location.
(b) His name.
(c) To kneel.
(d) The mare's location.

4. Why does the cook sell Sham?
(a) The cook has too many debts.
(b) The king orders the sale.
(c) To punish Agba.
(d) Sham is too disobedient.

5. Who leads the procession to the city limits in Chapter 9?
(a) Signor Achmet.
(b) Agba.
(c) The Sultan.
(d) Sham.

6. In Chapter 3, what does Agba see when he awakens?
(a) The mare and her new foal.
(b) Signor Achmet.
(c) The new moon.
(d) Stars.

7. How does the Sultan test a new saber?
(a) By cutting off a thousand branches.
(b) By cutting off the head of a stable boy.
(c) By cutting off the heads of a thousand people.
(d) By cutting off the heads of a thousand animals.

8. What is the significance of the mark Agba discovers on the new foal?
(a) The foal will be a good jumper.
(b) The foal will be unlucky.
(c) The foal will be swift.
(d) The foal will be strong.

9. Why doesn't Agba immediately tell anyone about the foal's birth?
(a) He is too tired to get up.
(b) He is afriad the foal is dying.
(c) He enjoys watching the new foal and his favorite mare.
(d) The foal is only one of a thousand born that year.

10. Why doesn't the mare eat the corn Agba brings her in Chapter 2?
(a) The corn is spoiled.
(b) She is a picky eater.
(c) Another horse steals the corn.
(d) She is too tired.

11. Where does Agba fall asleep at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) In his cot.
(b) Outside the stables.
(c) On a table.
(d) In the straw.

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

13. What does Bishop Fleury advise the King to do with the Moroccan horses?
(a) Sell them to the King of Spain.
(b) Assign them to transport goods for the army.
(c) Send them to the circus.
(d) Assign them to transport goods for the army.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the King decide to do with the Moroccan horses?

3. Who does Sham allow to hold the reins when he pulls a carriage?

4. What does the wheat ear signify?

5. What does the camel driver give Agba?

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