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

2. Who is Man 'o War's owner?
(a) The Sultan of Morocco.
(b) Mr. Riddle.
(c) Mr. Barton.
(d) The Earl of Godolphin.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Signor Achmet react to the boar's squeal in Chapter 4?

2. Why is Agba worried about the mare he tends?

3. What do the two signs on the foal signify?

4. Where is the mark that Agba discovers located on the new foal?

5. Why does Agba worry about Sham in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sham sent to France?

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

3. Why does Mr. Riddle decide to retire Big Red?

4. Why is a wild boar kept behind the Sultan's stables?

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

6. Why is Agba summoned to see the Sultan?

7. How does Agba find nourishment for the orphaned foal?

8. What does Sham do when the Chief Cook takes him to the market?

9. How does the old man in Chapter 2 describe the mare?

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

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