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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, East of Eden.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one use for horses during World War II?
(a) Bomb carriers.
(b) Pulling cars from ditches.
(c) As cattle guards.
(d) Horse meat.

2. One day when Monty's father hit him in Chapter 3, East of Eden, Monty did what?
(a) Backed him against a wall.
(b) Grabbed him by the hair.
(c) Choked him.
(d) Punched him in the face.

3. What did the others who went to Nevada with Monty in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses, want to do?
(a) Return to Salinas quickly.
(b) Stay in Nevada.
(c) Move on to Oregon.
(d) Stay in the wilderness indefinitely.

4. What event was part of the Salinas Rodeo during Monty's childhood?
(a) The Mayor's Chicken Catch.
(b) The Backward Mule Ride.
(c) The Wild Horse Race.
(d) The Hungry Hog Race.

5. Monty Roberts was born in the middle of what American era?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) The Cold War.
(c) The Roaring Twenties.
(d) The Nicaraguan Crisis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was "East of Eden" shot in Salinas?

3. What did Monty's father find Monty's compassionate methods of training horses to be?

4. At what age did Monty first volunteer to gather wild mustangs for the Salinas Rodeo?

5. What kind tutor with a 1940s hairstyle was Monty's babysitter and also his teacher?

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