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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Signor Achmet instruct Agba to do when the mare begins her labor?
(a) Fetch a bucket of water.
(b) Stay out of the stall.
(c) Fetch fresh hay.
(d) Call him.

2. Why does Agba stay close to the mare in Chapter 2?
(a) The stables are warmer than his shack.
(b) The Sultan ordered him to stay near his horses.
(c) He is lonely and has nowhere else to go.
(d) Because he loves her.

3. Why does Agba train Sham to run longer?
(a) To prepare him for the race.
(b) To prepare him for the long journey.
(c) Because Signor Achmet tells him to do so.
(d) So he will fetch the highest price at the market.

4. Whom does Sham seek for comfort?
(a) The wild boar.
(b) The mare.
(c) Agba.
(d) Signor Achmet.

5. What promise does Agba make to the foal?
(a) To be his father and care for him.
(b) To search for a new mare.
(c) To avenge his mother's death.
(d) To buy him back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the cook sell Sham?

2. Why is the mare described as being like the wind?

3. How does Sham anger the carter?

4. What overloads the carter's cart?

5. Where does Agba fall asleep at the end of Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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