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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the lady of Earlshall’s first impression of Black Beauty and Ginger?
(a) They were not tall enough.
(b) They walked in perfect step.
(c) They were gorgeous horses.
(d) She wanted their check-reigns tighter.

2. What reason did Captain Langley give Mr. Gordon for why he used check-reigns on his cart horses?
(a) He thought it was a necessary training tool.
(b) He wanted his horses to know he was in charge.
(c) He liked to see his horses hold their heads up.
(d) He thought the horses liked it.

3. Which type of driver did Black Beauty prefer for himself?
(a) High-rein driver.
(b) Low-rein driver.
(c) Tight-rein driver.
(d) Loose-rein driver.

4. Why, did Mr. Gordon say, the small pony probably turned toward his gates in the first place in Chapter 11?
(a) The pony’s master had driven her that direction many times before and she remembered.
(b) The pony knew Mr. Gordon was kinder than her master and wanted to go to him.
(c) The pony was intentionally misbehaving.
(d) The master probably got confused and signaled her that direction.

5. What did Black Beauty have stuck in his foot in his anecdote in Chapter 28?
(a) A stone.
(b) A piece of glass.
(c) A splinter.
(d) A piece of coal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was John’s sister’s name?

2. What was the first question Mr. Gordon asked the man who pulled his small pony’s reigns hard and whipped her after she turned toward Mr. Gordon’s gates in Chapter 11?

3. What did Black Beauty have so much of sometimes that he couldn’t help himself from acting out in Chapter 6?

4. What did John warn Mr. York that Black Beauty and Ginger had never used at Birtwick Park?

5. When spirited horses are not exercised enough, what are they sometimes called by humans?

(see the answer key)

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