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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the camel driver give Agba?
(a) Camel's milk and honey.
(b) Directions.
(c) Advice.
(d) Herbs.

2. What does the wheat ear signify?
(a) It wards off evil.
(b) Good luck for the foal and the stables.
(c) Evil and ill luck for the foal.
(d) Health and strength.

3. What is written on the papers the Sultan includes in the horse's gifts?
(a) Their pedigrees.
(b) Directions back to Morocco.
(c) Bills of sale.
(d) Letters of introduction.

4. What mark does Agba notice on the new foal?
(a) A stripe.
(b) A white spot.
(c) A dark spot.
(d) A wheat ear.

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

6. Why does Agba train Sham to run longer?
(a) Because Signor Achmet tells him to do so.
(b) To prepare him for the race.
(c) So he will fetch the highest price at the market.
(d) To prepare him for the long journey.

7. In Chapter 1, how many horses does Agba care for?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

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

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

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

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

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. Which horse wins the race in the Prologue?
(a) Sir Barton.
(b) Sham.
(c) Man o' War.
(d) The race is a tie.

14. 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.

15. Why is the wild boar kept behind the Sultan's stables?
(a) He is the Sultan's pet.
(b) To warn against intruders.
(c) To keep evil spirits away from the horses.
(d) For food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the captain of the ship put inside the horses' feed sacks?

2. Why does Agba stay close to the mare in Chapter 2?

3. What animal does the mare once outrun?

4. What does Agba think the Sultan looks like?

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

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