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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 was the name of the horse?
(a) Seabiscuit
(b) Nugget
(c) Trojan
(d) Buttercup

2. What do the other actors in the play pretend to be when Dysart and Alan are speaking in scene 15?
(a) Jury members
(b) Horses
(c) Nurses
(d) Store customers

3. What happened when Alan's dad took away the picture in #74?
(a) Alan left
(b) Alan cried
(c) Alan poked out the horses' eyes
(d) Alan hit him

4. What did Alan injure the horses with?
(a) A knife
(b) Metal spike
(c) His bare hands
(d) A stone

5. Who shows up to visit Dysart at the end of scene 13?
(a) Frank
(b) Dora
(c) Alan
(d) Hesther

Short Answer Questions

1. Who used to read Alan horse stories?

2. What does Alan call Dysart?

3. What does the Horseman say Alan is doing when Frank asks?

4. Who doesn't understand Dysart, according to him?

5. What does Hesther think Dysart is trying to provide for Alan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jill and Alan are sitting in the theatre?

2. What is Frank's reaction to Alan's encounter with the horse?

3. What does Dora offer as an explanation for Alan's behavior?

4. When the Christian Cavalry first appeared in the New World, what happened?

5. What does Hesther make of the dream that Dysart shares with her?

6. What did Alan do when the court asked him for an explanation for his actions?

7. What interrupts Dysart and his thoughts about the hypnosis session with Alan?

8. Describe the dream the Dysart has at the beginning of Scene 5.

9. What happened after Jill ran away from the stable?

10. Describe Alan and Dalton's first meeting.

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