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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the horse competition areas of Salinas used for, causing Monty's family to have to move in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) Factories.
(b) Nuclear test site.
(c) Army barracks.
(d) Japanese-American internment camps.

2. Who directed the film "East of Eden"?
(a) Elia Kazan.
(b) John Huston.
(c) Ingmar Bergman.
(d) Alfred Hitchcock.

3. What job did Monty's father get him in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) Bull rider.
(b) Rodeo Clown.
(c) Announcer.
(d) Stunt Double.

4. What was the name of the medium brown horse with a white dot between his eyes that Monty met in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) Dot.
(b) Eye patch.
(c) Bullseye.
(d) Brownie.

5. What role did Hastings Harcourt ask Monty to hold at the thoroughbred facility in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?
(a) Managing Partner.
(b) Night Manager.
(c) Master Trainer.
(d) CEO.

Short Answer Questions

1. Monty's family's friend had what position on the set of "East of Eden"?

2. When observing the horses in the wild at age fourteen, Monty saw how a colt who was behaving badly was isolated by what?

3. What percent of the thoroughbred facility did Monty receive with the option of buying in more later in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?

4. "Sand-castle syndrome" indicates that someone gets joy in creating something then what?

5. Where did Monty Roberts grow up?

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