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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Monty's wife?
(a) Patty Willis.
(b) Patricia Elder.
(c) Patricia Burden.
(d) Pat Smith.

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

3. What did Hastings Harcourt do once he discovered Monty had not destroyed his horses in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?
(a) Hired an assassin.
(b) Had him arrested.
(c) Drove off.
(d) Got his rifle.

4. Monty realized in Chapter 3, East of Eden that most of his competitors had nowhere near as much what as he did?
(a) Courage.
(b) Experience.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Skill.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Monty's father find Monty's compassionate methods of training horses to be?

3. In what year did Monty turn fourteen?

4. What did Monty's father rent to help dig a grave in Chapter 3, East of Eden?

5. When Monty illustrated his method for a horse trainer he knew in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses, the trainer said that it was a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What position did Harcourt offer Monty at the facility in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome? How did it develop?

2. What did Monty's father want for him as a child? When did Monty begin riding horses?

3. What opportunity did Harcourt offer Monty after he bought him horses in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?

4. For whom did Monty perform as a stunt double when a child? Who arranged his contracts?

5. What movie star did Monty meet on the set of "East of Eden"? What was this experience like?

6. What was Monty's father's reaction when Monty showed him his techniques on horses as a child?

7. How does Monty describe meeting Brownie in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

8. What was Monty's reaction when Harcourt pulled out of the operation in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?

9. Who did Monty meet at age 31 in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?

10. How did Monty meet Patricia? What role has she played in his life?

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