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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When a Racehorse's Worst Memory is a Starting Gate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Lomitas described as in the text?
(a) White.
(b) Chestnut.
(c) Black.
(d) Spotted.

2. Monty's father beat him with what when he was a child?
(a) A switch.
(b) A closed fist.
(c) An extension cord.
(d) A chain.

3. What budget did Hastings Harcourt give Monty for buying him horses in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $35,000.

4. Who planned to buy a ranch in Salinas just before his untimely death in Chapter 3, East of Eden?
(a) Don Page.
(b) James Dean.
(c) Burl Ives.
(d) Raymond Massey.

5. What kind tutor with a 1940s hairstyle was Monty's babysitter and also his teacher?
(a) Mrs. Gertrude Warner.
(b) Mr. George Stevens.
(c) Judge Myron Weatherby.
(d) Miss Marguerite Parsons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Pat find the young male deer in Chapter 6, Deer Friends one day?

2. Who, along with the director, asked Monty to watch the dailies and give his thoughts on "East of Eden"?

3. How many children did Monty and his wife have?

4. Where was the house in the middle of Salinas that Monty and his family moved to in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

5. What psychological disorder did Hastings Harcourt suffer from?

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