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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did John agree to give Little Joe Green a try?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Eight weeks.
(d) Four weeks.

3. 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 master probably got confused and signaled her that direction.
(c) The pony was intentionally misbehaving.
(d) The pony knew Mr. Gordon was kinder than her master and wanted to go to him.

4. What was Mr. York’s position at Earlshall Park?
(a) Master.
(b) Stable Boy.
(c) Horse Trainer.
(d) Coachman.

5. When spirited horses are not exercised enough, what are they sometimes called by humans?
(a) Out of control.
(b) Hopeless.
(c) Mean.
(d) Skittish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Little Joe Green?

2. Who once said that spoiling a horse was as bad as spoiling a child?

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 Black Beauty have stuck in his foot in his anecdote in Chapter 28?

5. In Chapter 6, what did Black Beauty say he wanted more than anything?

(see the answer key)

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