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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What kind of grades did Monty receive in school as a child?
(a) All A's.
(b) B's and C's.
(c) D's and F's.
(d) C's and D's.

3. What star of "East of Eden" did Monty befriend and show around the horses?
(a) James Dean.
(b) Richard Davalos.
(c) Raymond Massey.
(d) Jo Van Fleet.

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) Bullseye.
(b) Dot.
(c) Brownie.
(d) Eye patch.

5. Monty's father beat him on a weekly basis until he was how old?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

6. What did the audience yell when one of the horses was injured in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?
(a) Hog Jowels.
(b) Holy makerel.
(c) Jumpin' catfish.
(d) Crow's bait.

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

8. 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) Football.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Baseball.

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

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

11. 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) Nuclear test site.
(b) Factories.
(c) Army barracks.
(d) Japanese-American internment camps.

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

13. How old was Hastings Harcourt when he met Monty?
(a) His eighties.
(b) His fifties.
(c) His seventies.
(d) His sixties.

14. What kind tutor with a 1940s hairstyle was Monty's babysitter and also his teacher?
(a) Mrs. Gertrude Warner.
(b) Judge Myron Weatherby.
(c) Miss Marguerite Parsons.
(d) Mr. George Stevens.

15. How many horses did Hastings Harcourt ask Monty to buy for him initially?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Monty feel once in Nevada in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?

2. Where was the house in the middle of Salinas that Monty and his family moved to in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

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

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

5. Monty discovered what element of communication between the wild horses in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?

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