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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Roxana?
(a) Agba's new cat.
(b) A jockey.
(c) A breeding mare.
(d) The Earl's daughter.

2. Who buys Sham from Mr. Coke?
(a) The Earl.
(b) Mistress Cockburn.
(c) Mr. Biggle.
(d) Mr. Williams.

3. How does Agba find Sham in Chapter 12?
(a) He posts ads.
(b) He asks store owners and horse trainers.
(c) He follows a carter.
(d) He watches the horse sales.

4. Which chore does Agba despise in Chapter 19?
(a) Beating the horse blankets.
(b) Drawing and carrying water for the duchess.
(c) Cleaning the jockeys' silks.
(d) Cleaning Hobgoblin's stall.

5. Who is waiting for Sham and Agba in Chapter 21?
(a) Mr. Williams.
(b) The Earl of Godolphin.
(c) Mr. Twickerham.
(d) Mistress Cockburn.

6. Who refuses to let Agba stay with Sham in Chapter 15?
(a) Mrs. Williams.
(b) Mr. Biggle.
(c) Mr. Williams.
(d) Mistress Cockburn.

7. Who are Cade and Regulus?
(a) Sham's sons.
(b) Guard dogs.
(c) Jockeys.
(d) Stable boys.

8. In Chapter 22, who does the Earl want to have watch the race?
(a) Roxana.
(b) Grimalkin.
(c) Sham.
(d) Lath, Cade and Regulus.

9. Who calls on the police to arrest Sham?
(a) Mistress Cockburn.
(b) Mr. Biggle.
(c) Mrs. Williams.
(d) Mr. Williams.

10. Who is Benjamin Biggle?
(a) A cook for the English Army.
(b) Mr. Coke's son-in-law.
(c) Mr. Coke's head groom.
(d) A retired English merchant.

11. How does Sham anger the carter?
(a) Sham runs away.
(b) Sham throws him.
(c) Sham kicks him.
(d) Sham bites him.

12. After Agba leaves the cook, who hires him?
(a) The owner of a tack shop.
(b) The owner of a chocolate shop.
(c) A carter.
(d) An Englishman.

13. Who is kind enough to provide Sham with barley and oats in Chapter 20?
(a) Signor Achmet.
(b) The Earl of Godolphin.
(c) Mistress Cockburn.
(d) Mr. Williams.

14. Who wins the race in Chapter 23?
(a) Lath.
(b) Sham.
(c) Roxana.
(d) Cade.

15. Who is Lath?
(a) A new breeding mare.
(b) Sham's new jockey.
(c) Sham's first son.
(d) Sham's new owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sham do to the English horse-breaker hired to tame him?

2. What overloads the carter's cart?

3. Who rides into town with the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough and the Earl of Godolphin?

4. Who rescues Sham from the carter?

5. What is the Queen's plate?

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