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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 did Monty decide to secretly do with Hastings Harcourt's horses in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?
(a) Humiliate them.
(b) Sell them.
(c) Eat them.
(d) Breed them.

2. What did Monty's father hit his horse with to "break it" in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) Chains.
(b) Rope.
(c) Paper.
(d) A whip.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Hastings Harcourt give to the thoroughbred facility in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?

2. At what age did Monty first volunteer to gather wild mustangs for the Salinas Rodeo?

3. 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?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How many wild horses did Monty return with in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses? What was his response to the rodeo show?

3. What realization did Monty have about competing in Chapter 3, East of Eden?

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

5. How did the move in 1942 affect Monty? Why?

6. What did the crowd yell when horses were injured at the rodeo in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses? Why?

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

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

9. How did Monty branch into other sports after achieving freedom from his father?

10. What did Monty describe of his parents' financial situation growing up? What job did his father get for Monty?

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