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

2. In Chapter 6, what did Black Beauty say he wanted more than anything?
(a) Liberty.
(b) A well-fitted saddle.
(c) A companion.
(d) Apples.

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

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

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

Short Answer 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?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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