Chapter 5 "The Wheat Ear" & Chapter 6 "Camel's Milk and Honey"
Chapter 5 "The Wheat Ear" & Chapter 6 "Camel's Milk and Honey"
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
What did Signor Achmet notice when he first saw the foal?
- It was the color of the sun.
- It had a white spot on its heel.
- It had a cross-graining of hairs on its chest.
What did the wheat ear mean?
- bad luck
- good luck
- The horse would be fast.
How did Agba save the foal's life?
- He ran in front of the foal when Signor Achmet was getting ready to swing the saber to kill it.
- He showed Signor Achmet the white spot on the foal's hind heel when he was going to kill the foal with a saber.
- He told Signor Achmet that he would take care of the foal, and he did not have to worry with it.
Why was a boar in the stable?
- to keep intruders out of the stable
- to eat the left over food
- to turn away the evil spirits
What happened to the mare?
- She died a few days after she gave birth.
- She ran away.
- She broke her leg and had to be killed.
What did Agba do when he was upset?
- ran as fast as he could
- went to the stable to cry
- got in a fight with the other stable boys
How did Agba save the colt's life?
- He feed him camel's milk and honey after his mother died.
- He took him to the vet when he was sick.
- He stopped the boar from charging the new colt.
Where did Agba sleep at night?
- in a hammock with with other horseboys
- on a mattress in the stall with Sham
- in a small house behind the stables
What did Sham do when he was afraid?
- He ran to Agba.
- He hid in the stable.
- He ran out to the edge of the pasture.