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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. Who are Cade and Regulus?
(a) Sham's sons.
(b) Jockeys.
(c) Stable boys.
(d) Guard dogs.

2. What does Sham do to the English horse-breaker hired to tame him?
(a) Throws him to the ground.
(b) Kicks him.
(c) Bites him.
(d) Knocks his hat off.

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

4. What does Agba eat while in prison?
(a) Soup.
(b) Bread and water.
(c) Bits of rotten vegetables and meat.
(d) Nothing.

5. Who buys Sham from Mr. Coke?
(a) Mistress Cockburn.
(b) The Earl.
(c) Mr. Williams.
(d) Mr. Biggle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What overloads the carter's cart?

2. Who calls on the police to arrest Sham?

3. Who is Benjamin Biggle?

4. Who asks about Sham's pedigree in Chapter 21?

5. Who rides into town with the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough and the Earl of Godolphin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Sham and Agba leave Mr. Coke's stables?

2. How do Sham and Agba escape from the carter?

3. How does Agba survive alone on the streets of Paris?

4. How does Sham prove his pedigree?

5. Why does the Earl of Godolphin invite Agba into his home in Chapter 22?

6. Why is Agba afraid to be alone in prison?

7. How does Agba feel about Sham not being allowed to race at Newmarket?

8. How does the carter treat Sham?

9. What happens when Mrs. Williams separates Agba and Sham?

10. How does the Earl of Godolphin punish Agba?

(see the answer keys)

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