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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of grades did Monty receive in school as a child?
2. Who, along with the director, asked Monty to watch the dailies and give his thoughts on "East of Eden"?
3. How old was Monty when his father brutally beat a black man to death in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
4. Who planned to buy a ranch in Salinas just before his untimely death in Chapter 3, East of Eden?
5. How old was Hastings Harcourt when he met Monty?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the crowd yell when horses were injured at the rodeo in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses? Why?
2. What did Monty discover on his first trip for wild horses in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?
3. What did Monty's father want for him as a child? When did Monty begin riding horses?
4. Who did Monty meet at age 31 in Chapter 4, The Sand-Castle Syndrome?
5. What event led to the end of abuse suffered by Monty at the hands of his father in Chapter 3, East of Eden?
6. For whom did Monty perform as a stunt double when a child? Who arranged his contracts?
7. What setting does Monty Roberts depict in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses?
8. How did Monty meet Patricia? What role has she played in his life?
9. Where was the majority of the wild horse population in Monty's childhood? When and why did he first visit there?
10. How did Monty develop his techniques in his teens? What basic concepts were established?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the film East of Eden, Elia Kazan and James Dean. When and where was East of Eden produced? What is the subject of the movie?
Essay Topic 2
Describe different examples of foreshadowing in the narrative and the theme of entrepreneurship in Monty's life. What creative ways did Monty go about earning money as a child?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Monty's relationship with his father and the theme of abuse in the narrative. Until what age was Monty regularly abused?
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