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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. Who buys Sham from Mr. Coke?

2. How does Agba recognize Sham?

3. How does Sham escape his stall?

4. What does Agba eat while in prison?

5. In Chapter 19, who receives gifts from the Duchess?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Earl of Godolphin plan to save his stables from financial ruin?

2. Why doesn't Benjamin Biggle want to ride Sham?

3. How does Mrs. Cockburn help Agba in prison?

4. What special treatment does Sham receive when he returns from Wicken Fen?

5. How does Agba anger the Earl of Godolphin?

6. How does Sham prove his pedigree?

7. What happens to Sham's pedigree while Agba is in prison?

8. Why does the Earl of Godolphin invite Agba into his home in Chapter 22?

9. How does the Earl of Godolphin punish Agba?

10. How do Agba and Mr. Twickerham's opinions of Sham differ?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sham and Hobgoblin's rivalry affect the development of the story? What factors or characters have influenced their rivalry, and why? What other rivalries are evident in the novel and how do they relate to the rivalry between the two stallions?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What role do signs and superstitions play in the novel? How do signs and superstitions affect Sham's character? How do signs and superstitions influence the actions of other characters? If this one element of the book had been omitted, how might Sham's life have been different?

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