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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gog Magog?

2. In Chapter 20, who comes to visit Agba in his hovel?

3. What does the carter threaten to do to Sham when the horse falls?

4. Which chore does Agba despise in Chapter 19?

5. In Chapter 22, who does the Earl want to have run in the race?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Agba and Mr. Twickerham's opinions of Sham differ?

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

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

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

6. What special treatment does Hobgoblin receive at the Gog Magog stables?

7. How does Agba find Sham in Paris?

8. How does the carter treat Sham?

9. How is Agba treated while in prison?

10. How does the Earl of Godolphin plan to save his stables from financial ruin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does rejection affect Sham and Agba's characters? What types of rejection does each character experience and how does each character react to rejection? How do these two characters use rejection to create acceptance and success?

Essay Topic 2

How does deception affect the characters in the novel? Which characters are deceptive and how do their actions affect Agba and Sham? Why do these characters choose to be deceptive and how do Agba and Sham rise above the circumstances that result from deception?

Essay Topic 3

Does Sham prove himself to be the "King of the Wind"? If so, how? If not, why? Which factors or characters influence his ability to gain that title? How does Sham's attempt to become the "King of the Wind" influence other horses as well as the human characters in the novel?

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