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

2. What does Signor Achmet announce in Chapter 8?
(a) Sham has been sold.
(b) Sham will be going to France.
(c) Agba has been sold.
(d) Sham will be going to England.

3. Where does the cook sell Sham?
(a) Behind the royal stables.
(b) In the market square.
(c) At the Thieves' Kitchen.
(d) At the docks.

4. Where does Signor Achmet go in Chapter 11?
(a) Back to Morocco.
(b) To the French army.
(c) To Spain.
(d) To the royal stables

5. What does Agba think the Sultan looks like?
(a) A sweet potato.
(b) The wild boar.
(c) A camel.
(d) A satin pillow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What command does Signor Achmet give Agba in Chapter 1?

2. What is written on the papers the Sultan includes in the horse's gifts?

3. What does the King decide to do with the Moroccan horses?

4. Who tells Agba that the mare is made of wind?

5. What is Sham fitted for in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Mr. Riddle's friends want him to send Big Red to England?

2. Describe Agba.

3. How is Sham different from the other colts in the stable?

4. Why is a wild boar kept behind the Sultan's stables?

5. Why doesn't Agba report the foal's birth to Signor Achmet?

6. What does King Louis XV decide to do with the Sultan's gift?

7. How does Agba become the foal's "father"?

8. How does the Sultan anger Agba in Chapter 1?

9. How does the captain of the ship deceive the Sultan?

10. Why is Agba summoned to see the Sultan?

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