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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Monty Roberts grow up?
(a) Salinas, California.
(b) San Francisco, California.
(c) Las Vegas, Nevada.
(d) Phoenix, Arizona.

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

3. In what year did Monty turn fourteen?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1949.

4. Monty's mother was the oldest of how many children?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Nine.

5. What was one use for horses during World War II?
(a) Horse meat.
(b) Pulling cars from ditches.
(c) Bomb carriers.
(d) As cattle guards.

6. In what year was "East of Eden" shot in Salinas?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1960.

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

8. What does Monty refer to as "the most wonderful and the most predictable creatures on earth"?
(a) Horses.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Deer.
(d) Hawks.

9. One day when Monty's father hit him in Chapter 3, East of Eden, Monty did what?
(a) Choked him.
(b) Backed him against a wall.
(c) Punched him in the face.
(d) Grabbed him by the hair.

10. When horses have their head high and forward ears, it shows they are interested in something where?
(a) Near.
(b) Far away.
(c) On the ground.
(d) In the sky.

11. How long did Monty spend alone with the wild horses when he was fourteen?
(a) Two years.
(b) A few days.
(c) A year.
(d) A few weeks.

12. 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) Rest.
(b) Leather.
(c) Food.
(d) Medical attention.

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

14. What percent of the thoroughbred facility did Monty receive with the option of buying in more later in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Twenty percent.
(c) Eight percent.
(d) Five percent.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was most of the wild horse population during Monty's childhood?

3. What kind of grades did Monty receive in school as a child?

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 is the name of Monty's wife?

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