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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) Sham's bag.
(b) A letter for the King of Morocco.
(c) An embrace.
(d) A handshake.

2. Why does Agba measure Sham in Chapter 8?
(a) To compare him to other horses in the Sultan's stable.
(b) For a new saddle.
(c) To make sure his new stall is large enough.
(d) For a new blanket.

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

4. Who is Signor Achmet?
(a) The Sultan's Chief of the Grooms.
(b) The Sultan's Chief Chef.
(c) The Sultan's Chief of the Guards.
(d) Agba's uncle.

5. Who tells Agba he must appear before the Sultan?
(a) Another stable boy.
(b) Signor Achmet.
(c) The Sultan's second wife.
(d) The Chief Guard.

6. What is Sham fitted for in Chapter 8?
(a) Horseshoes.
(b) A new bridle.
(c) A new saddle.
(d) A new blanket.

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

8. Why is Agba startled by Signor Achmet's appearance in Chapter 4?
(a) Signor Achmet never comes to the stables at night.
(b) He was asleep.
(c) Singor Achmet rarely bothers to see newborn foals.
(d) He expects to be in trouble for not reporting the foal's birth.

9. What do the stable boys do aboard the ship bound for France?
(a) Man the heavy sails on stormy seas.
(b) Tend their horses.
(c) Sit below the deck.
(d) Pray for their horses.

10. Where is Sham sent in Chapter 11?
(a) To Spain.
(b) To the army.
(c) To the royal stables.
(d) To Morocco.

11. Where is the mark that Agba discovers located on the new foal?
(a) On the foal's heel.
(b) On the foal's flank.
(c) On the foal's neck.
(d) On the foal's forehead.

12. What does Signor Achmet instruct Agba to do when the mare begins her labor?
(a) Fetch fresh hay.
(b) Fetch a bucket of water.
(c) Call him.
(d) Stay out of the stall.

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

14. Why doesn't Agba speak to the Sultan?
(a) He is petrified with fear.
(b) He is mute.
(c) He is crying too hard to speak.
(d) He was told to remain silent.

15. Why is Agba worried about the mare he tends?
(a) She is pregnant and not feeling well.
(b) Bad omens bode ill for the mare's foal.
(c) She has a lame leg.
(d) She will soon be sent to France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agba see the mare doing when he wakes in Chapter 3?

2. What does Man 'o War's owner want to do with the horse?

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

4. What natural skill does Sham possess?

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

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