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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How tall were Black Beauty and Ginger?
(a) 15 ½ hands.
(b) 17 ½ hands.
(c) 18 hands.
(d) 20 hands.
2. What reason did Captain Langley give Mr. Gordon for why he used check-reigns on his cart horses?
(a) He thought it was a necessary training tool.
(b) He thought the horses liked it.
(c) He wanted his horses to know he was in charge.
(d) He liked to see his horses hold their heads up.
3. What was the only thing Ginger’s first master after she was broken cared about?
(a) The horse’s well being.
(b) Money.
(c) His family.
(d) Looking fashionable.
4. Who did Ginger bite at Squire Gordon’s place?
(a) Mrs. Gordon.
(b) John.
(c) James.
(d) Squire Gordon.
5. What phrase did the head hostler with the crooked leg say repeatedly?
(a) Dear me!
(b) Goodness!
(c) Bless you!
(d) My oh my!
Short Answer Questions
1. Why would the pony not obey the boy riding it in Chapter 13?
2. What did Lady Anne name Black Beauty?
3. What was James’ last name?
4. Whose opinion about James did Mr. Gordon want?
5. Why did John and Thomas Green stay late at the stable one night in Chapter 19?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the idea of fashion represented in Chapter 10?
2. What does the mention of Rob Roy in Chapter 5 tell readers about Black Beauty?
3. How does the motif of family relationship appear in John’s story about his past?
4. How did Ginger’s childhood compare to Black Beauty’s childhood?
5. What finally got Ginger to become a calm, happy, and content horse?
6. How did Mr. Gordon interpret Black Beauty’s action in refusing to go forward onto the broken bridge in the storm?
7. What was John’s opinion of Black Beauty and Ginger, based on what he told Mr. York?
8. How was Ginger taught not to trust men?
9. What purpose might the old hostler serve in the novel?
10. Ginger admitted to Black Beauty that she was bad to her past masters by kicking and biting. What was her reasoning for behaving this way?
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