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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. What is desirable about Sham's neck?
(a) It is short and stocky, indicating strength.
(b) It arches well.
(c) It is long and stretches nicely when he is running.
(d) His good luck mark can be seen when he is running.

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

3. Why does the camel driver help Agba?
(a) Because he likes Agba.
(b) He loves horses.
(c) To gain favor from the Sultan.
(d) Agba promises to pay.

4. What does Man 'o War's owner want to do with the horse?
(a) Retire him.
(b) Sell him.
(c) Destroy him.
(d) Allow him to run one more race.

5. What animal does the mare once outrun?
(a) A camel.
(b) A gazelle.
(c) A cheetah.
(d) A leopard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the palace guards allow Agba to pass the gate?

3. Who supposedly makes the wind transform into the mare?

4. Why does the cook sell Sham?

5. What do the horses and their stable boys look like to the Duke when they arrive in France?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the significance of the white spot on the foal's heel?

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

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

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

8. How do Signor Achmet's prophecies contradict each other?

9. How does the Sultan anger Agba in Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer keys)

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