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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) Tight-rein driver.
(b) High-rein driver.
(c) Loose-rein driver.
(d) Low-rein driver.

2. Who once said that spoiling a horse was as bad as spoiling a child?
(a) Squire Gordon.
(b) John.
(c) Ginger.
(d) Lady Anne.

3. What was John’s sister’s name?
(a) Theodora.
(b) Josephine.
(c) Laura.
(d) Nelly.

4. How many different types of drivers did Black Beauty describe in Chapter 28?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Black Beauty have stuck in his foot in his anecdote in Chapter 28?

3. How many years had Squire Gordon and Farmer Grey worked together to do away with check-reins?

4. What was the lady of Earlshall’s first impression of Black Beauty and Ginger?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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