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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 did the audience yell when one of the horses was injured in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?
(a) Jumpin' catfish.
(b) Holy makerel.
(c) Hog Jowels.
(d) Crow's bait.

2. Monty's method of training horses was largely based on cultivating what with the animal?
(a) Fear.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Trust.
(d) Intelligence.

3. Monty Roberts began riding horses professionally from what age?
(a) Eight or nine.
(b) Five or six.
(c) Three or four.
(d) Four or five.

4. What 1999 documentary illustrates the work of Monty Roberts?
(a) Monty Roberts: The Real Horse Whisperer.
(b) Dancing with Horses: The Story of Monty Roberts.
(c) A Backstage Pass!
(d) Shy Boy: The Horse That Came in from the Wild.

5. What had actually injured Monty to the point of being hospitalized when he was a child in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) Horses.
(b) His father.
(c) A train.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Monty's father seemed to care little whether his son was treated ethically where in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

2. How old was Monty when he met Hastings Harcourt?

3. What kind of grades did Monty receive in school as a child?

4. When Monty illustrated his method for a horse trainer he knew in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses, the trainer said that it was a what?

5. How long did Monty spend alone with the wild horses when he was fourteen?

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