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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Monty won various competitions in Chapter 3, East of Eden, including what?
(a) Snake charming.
(b) Bull-riding.
(c) Dog training.
(d) Dog racing.

2. What horse which Monty bought for Hastings Harcourt ended up being ranked the best 3 year old in California?
(a) Samson.
(b) Sharivari.
(c) Shanti.
(d) Smitty.

3. How was one of the mustangs injured in the race in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?
(a) Broken neck.
(b) Trampled to death.
(c) Broken jaw.
(d) Broken leg.

4. How many children did Monty and his wife have?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

5. Where did Hastings Harcourt tell Monty he had property and wanted to open a full-scale thoroughbred facility?
(a) Santa Ana.
(b) Santa Barbara.
(c) Santa Monica.
(d) Santa Ynez.

6. Monty's father seemed to care little whether his son was treated ethically where in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) At school.
(b) In restraurants.
(c) At church.
(d) On movie sets.

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

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

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

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

11. What did Monty begin calling his method of horse training while in his teens?
(a) "Listening to horses."
(b) "Starting horses."
(c) "Whispering horses."
(d) "Breaking horses."

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

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

14. What did Monty never see any of from his film work?
(a) His earnings.
(b) His co-stars.
(c) The directors.
(d) The movies.

15. 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 money.
(c) The police.
(d) The cruelty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Monty's father ask for rent from Monty in Chapter 3, East of Eden?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 3, East of Eden, Monty won races with his own horse and how many other horses that were highly trained?

4. How old was Monty when World War II ended?

5. Where did Monty Roberts grow up?

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