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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does the Sultan want Signor Achmet to select six horses and six horse boys?
(a) To race.
(b) To sell.
(c) To test his new saber.
(d) To send as a gift to the new King of France.

4. Why doesn't Signor Achmet think the mare's milk will be of use to the foal?
(a) The foal is too weak to nurse.
(b) The mare is weak and will die soon.
(c) He believes that sweetened camel's milk is better.
(d) The foal will be sent to another stable the next day.

5. What does Agba see the mare doing when he wakes in Chapter 3?
(a) Giving birth.
(b) Eating corn.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Drying her newborn foal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Signor Achmet scold Agba in Chapter 2?

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

3. What does the Sultan give each horse?

4. Why is the mare described as being like the wind?

5. What is Man 'o War's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Agba break his fast with the other stable boys?

2. Why doesn't the mare eat her corn?

3. How does Agba become the foal's "father"?

4. Describe the gifts the Sultan gives the horses before they leave for France.

5. Why is Agba afraid to appear before the Sultan?

6. What advice does Big Red's trainer give the horse's jockey, and why?

7. What is the Duke's reaction to the Sultan's gift when the horses and their stable boys arrive in France?

8. How do Agba and Sham prepare for the journey to France?

9. How does the captain of the ship deceive the Sultan?

10. What special treatment does Agba give the pregnant mare?

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