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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 watch the mustangs do when entering the race in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?
(a) Buck wildly.
(b) Stop to graze.
(c) Lie down.
(d) Run backwards.

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

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

4. What horse did Monty Roberts claim was his all-time favorite in Chapter 3, East of Eden?
(a) Rodney Dangerfield.
(b) Carl Jones.
(c) Diamond Joe.
(d) Johnny Tivio.

5. When observing the horses in the wild at age fourteen, Monty saw how a colt who was behaving badly was isolated by what?
(a) Another colt.
(b) A horse trainer.
(c) A mare.
(d) A sire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many mustangs did Monty return from Nevada with in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?

2. What job did Monty's father get him in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

3. What job did Monty's father take to bring in extra money in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

4. What did Hastings Harcourt do once he discovered Monty had not destroyed his horses in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?

5. What horse which Monty bought for Hastings Harcourt ended up being ranked the best 3 year old in California?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Monty develop his techniques in his teens? What basic concepts were established?

2. What budget did the millionaire in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome give Monty to guy two horses? What did he buy?

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

4. What did Monty discover about Harcourt in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome? Who informed him of the condition?

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

6. Why did Monty's family move in 1942? What happened to their horses?

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

8. Where was the majority of the wild horse population in Monty's childhood? When and why did he first visit there?

9. 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?

10. What setting does Monty Roberts depict in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?

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