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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the wild boar behind the stables do in Chapter 3?
(a) Grunts and coughs.
(b) Squeals.
(c) Escapes his pen.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. What does the Duke advise the King to do with the Moroccan horses?
(a) Assign them to transport goods for the army.
(b) Send all but one back to Morocco.
(c) Sell them to the King of Spain.
(d) Send them to the circus.

6. Why does Agba worry about Sham in Chapter 6?
(a) Sham is constantly escaping his stall.
(b) Sham is missing.
(c) Agba fears the Sultan will destroy Sham.
(d) Agba fears no one will care for Sham if he is executed.

7. What does Man 'o War's owner want to do with the horse?
(a) Destroy him.
(b) Allow him to run one more race.
(c) Sell him.
(d) Retire him.

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

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

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

11. How many horses does the Sultan own?
(a) Twenty Thousand.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) Twelve thousand.
(d) Twelve hundred.

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

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

14. What must Agba do before he can approach the Sultan?
(a) Pray and present an offering.
(b) Locate the mare.
(c) Shave his head and bathe.
(d) Clean Sham's stall.

15. What does Signor Achmet announce in Chapter 8?
(a) Sham will be going to France.
(b) Sham will be going to England.
(c) Sham has been sold.
(d) Agba has been sold.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the horses and their stable boys look like to the Duke when they arrive in France?

3. Which famous horse is Man o' War descended from?

4. Why doesn't Agba immediately tell anyone about the foal's birth?

5. Who tells Agba that the mare is made of wind?

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