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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, along with the director, asked Monty to watch the dailies and give his thoughts on "East of Eden"?
(a) Raymond Massey.
(b) Burl Ives.
(c) Don Page.
(d) James Dean.

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

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

4. Who helped Monty with rent money in Chapter 3, East of Eden?
(a) A kind stranger.
(b) His mother.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His father.

5. How old was Monty when he met Hastings Harcourt?
(a) Thirty-three.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-nine.
(d) Thirty-one.

6. How old was Monty Roberts when he won his first riding trophy?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eleven
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

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

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

9. 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.

10. In what year in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses did Monty's family have to leave their home?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1929.

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

12. At what age did Monty first volunteer to gather wild mustangs for the Salinas Rodeo?
(a) 18.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

13. "Sand-castle syndrome" indicates that someone gets joy in creating something then what?
(a) Doubling it.
(b) Enhancing it.
(c) Destroying it.
(d) Forgetting it.

14. What horse did Monty Roberts claim was his all-time favorite in Chapter 3, East of Eden?
(a) Diamond Joe.
(b) Rodney Dangerfield.
(c) Carl Jones.
(d) Johnny Tivio.

15. In Chapter 3, East of Eden, Monty won races with his own horse and how many other horses that were highly trained?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Monty's father take to bring in extra money in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

2. 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?

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

4. Where were the horses on Monty's family's farm sent when they had to move in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

5. What did Monty recoil from when watching the Wild Mustang Race in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?

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