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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who owns the horses that Agba tends?
(a) Signor Achmet.
(b) The Sultan.
(c) Mr. Barton.
(d) Mr. Riddle.
2. 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.
3. What do the horses and their stable boys look like to the Duke when they arrive in France?
(a) Graceful gazelles.
(b) Angry bears.
(c) Exotic circus performers.
(d) Skin and bones.
4. What must Agba do before he can approach the Sultan?
(a) Locate the mare.
(b) Shave his head and bathe.
(c) Clean Sham's stall.
(d) Pray and present an offering.
5. What do the stable boys do aboard the ship bound for France?
(a) Pray for their horses.
(b) Tend their horses.
(c) Sit below the deck.
(d) Man the heavy sails on stormy seas.
6. In Chapter 1, how many horses does Agba care for?
(a) One.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.
7. What country does Agba live in?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Canada.
(c) England.
(d) Saudi Arabia.
8. What does the King decide to do with the Moroccan horses?
(a) Send them to the circus.
(b) Send them all back to Morocco.
(c) Sell them to the King of Spain.
(d) Send five horses to the army and keep one for his Cheif Cook.
9. What natural skill does Sham possess?
(a) He can outrun all the other horses.
(b) He can escape any stall.
(c) He knows what Sham is thinking.
(d) He can jump higher than all the other horses.
10. In Chapter 3, what does Agba see when he awakens?
(a) Signor Achmet.
(b) The mare and her new foal.
(c) Stars.
(d) The new moon.
11. Why doesn't Agba eat with the other stable boys?
(a) He tends to his mare's needs before his own.
(b) They do not like Agba.
(c) Agba does not like the other stable boys.
(d) Agba has given his ration to the mare.
12. 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.
13. Why do Man 'o War's fans want him to race at Newmarket?
(a) Because his rival will also race there.
(b) Because he was excluded from the British Stud Book.
(c) Because the purse is worth a million pounds.
(d) Because he lost the race at Kenilworth Park.
14. What prophecy does Signor Achmet make in Chapter 5?
(a) The foal will live.
(b) The foal will bless the stables.
(c) The new moon will bring them all good luck.
(d) The foal will become a champion racehorse.
15. How do the other colts in the stables treat Sham?
(a) They reject him.
(b) They steal his portion of corn.
(c) They follow his lead.
(d) They bite him.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is the mare described as being like the wind?
2. What advice does Man 'o War's trainer give the jockey?
3. Why does Agba train Sham to run longer?
4. How does the Sultan test a new saber?
5. Which country does Sir Barton represent?
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