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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the horse that died in Chapter 2?

2. How long did John agree to give Little Joe Green a try?

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

4. What was John’s sister’s name?

5. How did Black Beauty feel about seeing Joe so angry in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Joe do for Black Beauty after the horse arrived back with the doctor, and why was it incorrect?

2. What was the understanding among everyone at Birtwik Park, which no one acknowledged aloud to the Gordons?

3. How did John get his point across to Thomas in Chapter 19?

4. How does the theme of trust appear in Chapter 16?

5. How did John show a fatherly side to James?

6. 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?

7. How is the theme of cruelty introduced in Chapter 13?

8. How did Joe’s actions in Chapter 20 show that he was a good fit to work for Squire Gordon?

9. How does Black Beauty show readers that the Gordons are good people?

10. Why did the term “only ignorance” upset John?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Black Beauty is a story told from a horse’s perspective. What are the challenges for an author of having the story told from having a horse’s perspective? What are the challenges for a reader?

Essay Topic 2

There are multiple examples of foreshadowing within Black Beauty. Select at least three examples of foreshadowing to describe when they occur and what they foreshadow. Did you guess what was being foreshadowed as you were reading, or did you only recognize the foreshadowing after the event being foreshadowed had occurred?

Essay Topic 3

Alcohol is a motif throughout Black Beauty. How is alcohol generally presented in the book? How does alcohol affect Black Beauty?

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