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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Agba he must appear before the Sultan?
(a) Signor Achmet.
(b) The Chief Guard.
(c) Another stable boy.
(d) The Sultan's second wife.

2. How does the Sultan test a new saber?
(a) By cutting off the heads of a thousand people.
(b) By cutting off the heads of a thousand animals.
(c) By cutting off the head of a stable boy.
(d) By cutting off a thousand branches.

3. Who tells Agba that the mare is made of wind?
(a) The Sultan.
(b) An old man.
(c) An old woman.
(d) Signor Achmet.

4. Who is Signor Achmet?
(a) Agba's uncle.
(b) The Sultan's Chief Chef.
(c) The Sultan's Chief of the Grooms.
(d) The Sultan's Chief of the Guards.

5. Why is Agba worried about the mare he tends?
(a) She has a lame leg.
(b) She will soon be sent to France.
(c) Bad omens bode ill for the mare's foal.
(d) She is pregnant and not feeling well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the mare eat the corn Agba brings her in Chapter 2?

2. What prophecy does Signor Achmet make in Chapter 5?

3. Who supposedly makes the wind transform into the mare?

4. Why doesn't Agba eat with the other stable boys?

5. Who owns the horses that Agba tends?

(see the answer key)

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