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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Monty's parents claim had injured him when they put him in the hospital in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) The barn.
(b) A flock of sheep.
(c) An ox.
(d) The horses.

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. Hastings Harcourt was the son of what publishing giant?
(a) Tate Publishing.
(b) Whitmore Publishing.
(c) Johnson, Stevens, and Smith.
(d) Harcourt Brace and World.

4. What did Monty feel once in Nevada in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?
(a) He wished he weren't in Nevada.
(b) He needed more time with the horses.
(c) He wanted to go home.
(d) He wished his father were with him.

5. What did Monty's father find Monty's compassionate methods of training horses to be?
(a) Life-changing.
(b) An outrage.
(c) Inspiring.
(d) Beautiful.

6. Where was the house in the middle of Salinas that Monty and his family moved to in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) 1984 Mission Lane.
(b) 4202 Moral Way.
(c) 347 Church Street.
(d) 664 Moses Boulevard.

7. When observing the horses in the wild at age fourteen, Monty saw how a colt who was behaving badly was isolated by what?
(a) A mare.
(b) A sire.
(c) A horse trainer.
(d) Another colt.

8. What did Monty's father rent to help dig a grave in Chapter 3, East of Eden?
(a) An air chisel.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A shovel.
(d) A dumptruck.

9. Once Monty was free to some extent from his father's rule, he decided that instead of doing rodeos, he would join the wrestling and what team?
(a) Hockey.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Football.

10. Monty's family's friend had what position on the set of "East of Eden"?
(a) Third HC.
(b) Fifth AB.
(c) First AD.
(d) Second NR.

11. When a horse was injured in the race, people wanted it to be shipped off for what purpose in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?
(a) Food.
(b) Rest.
(c) Medical attention.
(d) Leather.

12. What did Monty recoil from when watching the Wild Mustang Race in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?
(a) The speed.
(b) The cruelty.
(c) The police.
(d) The money.

13. Where did Monty go to look for wild horses at age fourteen?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Canada.

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

15. In what year did Monty get married?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1956.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had actually injured Monty to the point of being hospitalized when he was a child in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

2. What did Monty begin calling his method of horse training while in his teens?

3. How old was Monty Roberts when he won his first riding trophy?

4. Monty realized in Chapter 3, East of Eden that most of his competitors had nowhere near as much what as he did?

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

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