King of the Wind Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

King of the Wind Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Man 'o War's owner want to do with the horse?

2. How many horses does the Sultan own?

3. Which horse is Man o' War racing?

4. Who tells Agba he must appear before the Sultan?

5. What country does Agba live in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Agba convince Signor Achmet that the foal is not unlucky?

2. What is the Duke's reaction to the Sultan's gift when the horses and their stable boys arrive in France?

3. What does Sham do when the Chief Cook takes him to the market?

4. Why doesn't the mare eat her corn?

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

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

7. Why is Agba afraid to appear before the Sultan?

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

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

10. What advice does Big Red's trainer give the horse's jockey, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author use the element of suspense in the novel? How does the author build up suspense? If the element of suspense had not been used so frequently, how would the flow of the novel have been affected, and why?

Essay Topic 2

What role does religious tradition and Eastern culture play in the novel? How do religious traditions affect the characters in the novel? How does Sham's separation from Eastern culture affect his character? How does the same separation affect Agba's character?

Essay Topic 3

How does deception affect the characters in the novel? Which characters are deceptive and how do their actions affect Agba and Sham? Why do these characters choose to be deceptive and how do Agba and Sham rise above the circumstances that result from deception?

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