View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the audience yell when one of the horses was injured in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?

2. What did Monty recoil from when watching the Wild Mustang Race in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?

3. How many horses did Hastings Harcourt ask Monty to buy for him initially?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Monty write about the abuse he suffered from his father in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses? When did the abuse end?

8. What loss did Monty suffer in Chapter 3, East of Eden? How did his father assist him in digging a grave?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Monty's relationship with his father and the theme of abuse in the narrative. Until what age was Monty regularly abused?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Wild Horse Races and the Salinas Rodeo. Do Wild Horse Races still take place today? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the courting and wedding of Monty and Patricia in the narrative. How did Pat contribute to Monty's theories and work?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 885 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample