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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 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?
(a) “Have you no kindness, sir?”
(b) “Would you treat your wife like that?”
(c) “How would you like it if I did that to you?”
(d) “Is that pony made of flesh and blood?”

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

3. How many years had Squire Gordon and Farmer Grey worked together to do away with check-reins?
(a) One year.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

5. What reason did Captain Langley give Mr. Gordon for why he used check-reigns on his cart horses?
(a) He thought the horses liked it.
(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 it was a necessary training tool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mr. York’s position at Earlshall Park?

2. Which type of driver did Black Beauty prefer for himself?

3. What was John’s sister’s name?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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