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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14:.

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

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

3. How many of Black Beauty’s feet were white?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. What was Mr. Blomefield’s occupation?
(a) Vicar.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Priest.

5. Whose opinion about James did Mr. Gordon want?
(a) Sir Clifford Williams.
(b) Farmer Bushby.
(c) Mrs. Gordon.
(d) John’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of stick did the boys riding Merrylegs use to whip him?

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

3. What reason did Captain Langley give Mr. Gordon for why he used check-reigns on his cart horses?

4. Why, did Mr. Gordon say, the small pony probably turned toward his gates in the first place in Chapter 11?

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

(see the answer key)

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