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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Monty's father get him in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) Bull rider.
(b) Stunt Double.
(c) Rodeo Clown.
(d) Announcer.

2. Monty Roberts was born in the middle of what American era?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) The Nicaraguan Crisis.
(d) The Roaring Twenties.

3. What job did Monty's father take to bring in extra money in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Garbage man.
(d) Cook.

4. What event was part of the Salinas Rodeo during Monty's childhood?
(a) The Mayor's Chicken Catch.
(b) The Hungry Hog Race.
(c) The Wild Horse Race.
(d) The Backward Mule Ride.

5. When Monty illustrated his method for a horse trainer he knew in Chapter 1, The Call of the Wild Horses, the trainer said that it was a what?
(a) Abomination.
(b) Fluke.
(c) Miracle.
(d) Dream come true.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one use for horses during World War II?

2. At what age did Monty first volunteer to gather wild mustangs for the Salinas Rodeo?

3. What did Monty's father hit his horse with to "break it" in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

4. What had actually injured Monty to the point of being hospitalized when he was a child in Chapter 2, Growing Up with Horses?

5. What kind tutor with a 1940s hairstyle was Monty's babysitter and also his teacher?

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