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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gog Magog?
(a) The name of Signor Achmet's estate.
(b) A small town in France.
(c) The name of the Earl's estate.
(d) The name of Sultan's palace.

2. Who does Sham knock down on the stable floor in Chapter 19?
(a) Roxanna.
(b) Hobgoblin.
(c) The Earl of Godolphin.
(d) Titus Twickerham.

3. Who fathers the colt that outruns all of the Earl of Godophin's other colts?
(a) Hobgoblin.
(b) Big Red.
(c) Sham.
(d) Grimalkin.

4. In Chapter 20, who comes to visit Agba in his hovel?
(a) Mistress Cockburn.
(b) The Earl of Godolphin.
(c) Mr. Williams.
(d) Mr. Twickerham.

5. Which famous people attend the great race in Chapter 23?
(a) The President of the United States and the First Lady.
(b) The King and Queen of England.
(c) The King and Queen of France.
(d) The Sultan of Morocco and his three favorite wives.

6. In Chapter 12, where does Agba look for Sham?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Milan.

7. Who explains that Sham's pedigree is written in his sons?
(a) The Sultan.
(b) The Earl of Godolphin.
(c) Agba.
(d) The President of the United States.

8. What is written above Sham's stall in Chapter 21?
(a) The Pride of Magog.
(b) Wind.
(c) The Godolphin Champion.
(d) The Godolphin Arabian.

9. Who is King of the Wind?
(a) Agba.
(b) Cade.
(c) Lath.
(d) Sham.

10. Who is Titus Twickerham?
(a) The Earl's head groom.
(b) Sham's jockey.
(c) Signor Achmet's head groom.
(d) The Sultan's new chief of horses.

11. Who once reads a story set in Morocco?
(a) The Earl of Godolphin.
(b) Mistress Cockburn.
(c) Titus Twickerham.
(d) Mr. Biggle.

12. What is the Queen's plate?
(a) A tract of royal land.
(b) A famous racetrack.
(c) An antique plate given to the Earl's grandfather.
(d) A valuable prize for winning a horse race.

13. How does the carter punish Sham?
(a) By leaving his harness on 24 hours a day.
(b) He sells him at the Thieves' Kitchen.
(c) He does not feed Sham for three days.
(d) He chains Sham to the stable wall.

14. Who is Benjamin Biggle?
(a) Mr. Coke's head groom.
(b) A retired English merchant.
(c) Mr. Coke's son-in-law.
(d) A cook for the English Army.

15. Who promises to try and get Agba out of jail?
(a) Mr. Williams.
(b) Mr. Biggle.
(c) The Earl of Godolphin.
(d) Mr. Coke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime is Agba accused of?

2. How does Agba recognize Sham?

3. Who calls on the police to arrest Sham?

4. Which chore does Agba despise in Chapter 19?

5. Who are Cade and Regulus?

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